band(4) (iou) and million (oh)

band(4) (iou)

band noun3. [band] L15.

An organized company of people having a common purpose; spec. a troop of armed men, robbers, etc. L15.
Band of Hope an association of young people pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating liquors. sacred band: see SACRED adjective.
Byron The 'black bands' who still Ravage the frontier. S. Gibbons Mr. Mybug and Rennet joined the band of watchers. F. Fitzgerald The enemy in the south consisted of little more than a band of guerrillas.
A company of people or animals in movement. E17.
Bible (AV): Genesis 32:7 Hee diuided the..camels into two bands. J. R. Green The little band of fugitives.
b. A herd, a flock. N. Amer. E19.
A body of musicians, now esp. those playing brass or wind instruments; (a section of) an orchestra. Now also, a rock or pop group. M17.
big band, brass band, German band, jazz band, marching band, military band, silver band, wind band, etc. beat the band fig. (slang) surpass everything. Schrammel band: see SCHRAMMEL 2. when the band begins to play fig. when matters become serious.
P. Kavanagh I joined the Sinn Fein Pipers' Band that was started. P. Scott She felt and heard the thrum and drum of the band.
Comb.: bandmaster the leader or conductor of a band of musicians; bandmate a fellow musician in a band (chiefly a pop or rock one). band-shell a bandstand in the form of a large concave shell with special acoustic properties; bandsman a member of a band of musicians; bandstand a covered outdoor platform on which a band plays; bandwagon (orig. US) a large wagon used by a band in a parade etc.; fig. as of one carrying a group of successful (political) leaders, esp. in climb on the bandwagon, jump on the bandwagon, seek to join the party or group that is likely to succeed.

million (oh)

[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Old Italian milione, from mille 'thousand', from Latin; MILLI-]
the number 1,000,000
::Each of the books sold more than a million copies.
two/three/four etc million
::seven million dollars
::￡37 million of new investment
millions of pounds/dollars etc
::Millions of pounds were lost in Western aid.
an extremely large number of people or things
a million
::I've got a million ideas.
millions of sth
::She seems to have millions of friends.
not/never in a million years
spoken used to emphasize that something is impossible or very unlikely to happen
::She'll never believe me. Not in a million years.
look/feel like a million dollars/bucks
informal especially AmE to look very attractive or feel very happy and healthy
in a million
informal a) the best of all possible people or things
::She's a wife in a million.
::He's so generous. He's one in a million .
b) used to show how unlikely something is
::It was a chance in a million that we'd find a fossil.
-- millionth adj
::The park has just received its millionth visitor.
-- millionth n [C]

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