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per mill

or per mil

[pur mil, per]
adverb
  1. per thousand.
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Origin of per mill

First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for per mill

per mill

per mil

adverb
  1. by the thousand or in each thousand
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Word Origin for per mill

C19: from per + French or Latin mille thousand, on the model of per cent
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