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nil(2) (iou)



nil noun2 & adjective. E19.
[Latin, contr. of NIHIL.]
A. noun.
Law. = NICHIL noun 2. Only in E19.
Nothing, no number or amount, (now esp. in scoring at games etc.). M19.
Times The British Isles Rugby Union tourists beat South West Africa by nine points to nil. J. Wain Such help as the old man could give..amounted to nil.
Comb.: nil-grade Philology = zero grade s.v. ZERO noun & adjective.
b. adjective. Containing, reporting, or consisting of nothing; non-existent. M20.
Punch Dull work, with long blank intervals, offering..a nil return. P. Cutting The streets of West Beirut, where the authority of the state was virtually nil.