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Nil

Nil Meaning & Definition
Nil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nil?

[n] a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nil: aught | cipher | cypher | goose egg | nada | naught | nix | nothing | null | zero | zilch | zip

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nil:

See Also | bugger all | Fanny Adams | fuck all | nihil | relative quantity | sweet Fanny Adams

Nil In Webster's Dictionary

\Nil\ [See {Nill}, v. t.] Will not. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Nil\, n. & a. [L., a contr. of nihil.] Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping. --A. J. Ellis.

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