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nil - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nil [ n. & a.]
- Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
2 . Nil [ v. t.]
- Will not.

Meaning of 'nil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nil [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a quantity of no importance
Example in sentence:
  • I didn't hear zilch about it;
  • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before;
  • it was all for naught;
  • reduced to nil all the work we had done;
  • we racked up a pathetic goose egg