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nil definition

nil (nil)

noun

nothing

Etymology: L, contr. of nihil

adjective

zero; so small as not to be measurable our chances were nil

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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