decamillion
decamillion numeral: ten million.
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decamillion (plural decamillions)
- Ten million.
- You have no life, and so you do not know what it means to deny what has been the meaning of your life, for if you’ve been wrong, mark you now, if you’ve been wrong, then what of the decamillion of graves, and so you’re committed, you’re committed wholly, do you understand? and each action you...1951, Norman Mailer [pseudonym; Nachem Malech Mailer], Barbary Shore, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Rinehart & Co. Inc., page 241
- And this more fabulous than invalid Broadway was already getting ready for another upbeat year with a decamillion-plus advance sale for a musical that isn’t expected to open until April 1991.1990 September 1, Otis L[ove] Guernsey Jr., “Editor’s Note”, in Otis L. Guernsey Jr., Jeffrey Sweet, editors, The Burns Mantle Theater Yearbook of 1989–1990: Featuring the Ten Best Plays of the...
- Synonyms:
- crore
Examples of decamillion in a sentence
- Were his fortunes to evaporate and leave him completely broke, Xizor would still not sell this plant, not if somebody offered him a decamillion credits.1996, Steve Perry, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 201:
- Decamillions of those users worshipped the Windgazer 99 screen saver as a gift from the heavens.1999, Edwin Black, Format C:, Cambridge, Mass.: Brookline Books, →ISBN, page 213:
- For example, I have not heard social critics charging that the baseball slugger Mark McGwire’s decamillion-dollar income is at someone else’s expense.2002, Young Back Choi, “Misunderstanding Distribution”, in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D[ycus] Miller, Jr., Jeffrey Paul, editors, Should...
- By May 2000, their [the Backstreet Boys’] #4 Al. 11-99 Millennium hurdled the decamillion (10M) mountain (who NEEDS #1?)2003, Maury Dean, “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Us!”, in Rock ’n’ Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-cyclopedia, New York, N.Y.: Algora...
Synonyms of decamillion
Forms of decamillion
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Origin of decamillion
From deca- + million.
Questions about decamillion
- What does decamillion mean?
- Decamillion means ten million.
- How do you use decamillion in a sentence?
- Were his fortunes to evaporate and leave him completely broke, Xizor would still not sell this plant, not if somebody offered him a decamillion credits.
- What part of speech is decamillion?
- Decamillion is a numeral.
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