per mill
or per mil
[ pur mil, per ]
/ ˌpɜr ˈmɪl, pər /
adverb
per thousand.
Nearby words
per continuum, per contra, per curiam, per diem, per mensem, per mill, per os, per pro, per pro., per procurationem, per rectum
Origin of per mill
First recorded in 1900–05
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British Dictionary definitions for per mill
per mill
per mil
/ (pə ˈmɪl) /
adverb
by the thousand or in each thousand
Word Origin for per mill
C19: from per + French or Latin mille thousand, on the model of per cent
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