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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nil
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ At the end of the first half it's Spurs two, Arsenal nil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Commitment to this issue is absolutely nil.
▪ If Morrison did test positive, however, the chances of an error apparently are next to nil.
▪ In the second, where worker turnover is almost nil, down time amounts to three percent.
▪ Last night they drew nil, nil at Nottingham Forest.
▪ Note under this option the labour cost will be nil because labour is currently available but idle.
▪ The film is self-developing and the waiting time is nil.
▪ They take a three nil lead to Swansea for the second leg of their first round tie.
▪ Trust between the two sides is, of course, nil.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nil

Nil \Nil\ [See Nill, v. t.] Will not. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Nil

Nil \Nil\, n. & a. [L., a contr. of nihil.] Nothing; of no account; worthless; -- a term often used for canceling, in accounts or bookkeeping.
--A. J. Ellis.

Nil

Nil \Nil\, n. (computers) A special value for a variable used in certain computer languages to mean no assigned value, to be distinguished from the value zero.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
nil

"nothing," 1833, from Latin nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum "nothing, not at all; in vain," from ne- "not" (see un-) + hilum "small thing, trifle," of unknown origin.

Wiktionary
nil

det. No, not any. n. nothing; zero.

WordNet
nil

n. a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip]

Wikipedia
Nil

Nil is a word commonly used to mean not in list or zero; it is one of several names for the number 0.

Nil may also refer to:

Nil (band)

Nil (stylized as nil) is a Japanese rock band that was formed in 1998 by Tetsu Takano (ex- Malice Mizer, ex-Mega8Ball, ex- Zigzo, The JuneJulyAugust), Hiroyuki Kashimoto and Kyoshi Moro. The original intent of Nil was to become Tetsu's solo unit and even though it has become a full fledged band, all lyrics and songwriting has been solely handled by Tetsu. The band only lasted briefly during its first incarnation and went on hiatus by the end of 1998. It would not resurface until the middle of 2002 when they would start recording again and Tetsu formed his own record label, Afro Skull Records. The name "Nil" literally means "absolute zero" and as an acronym refers to "native irreligious language".

In 2005, Nil had many setbacks which resulted in the departure of founding members Kashimoto and Moro who both left the band on January 10, 2005, the last day of the "Touring Inferno" tour. Eventually replacement drummer Furuton (ex- Oblivion Dust, ex-Mega8Ball support) left the band after only 6 months. By the end of 2005 Nil finally settled down with the addition of Masaru Kobayashi (ex-Soy Sauce Sonix, ex- Sads, The Cro-Magnons) on bass and Kazama Hiroyuki (ex-Fantastic Designs) on drums.

In the years since resuming activities, Nil has recorded and released 5 full albums, 7 mini albums, 1 cover album, 1 live album, 1 compilation album, 3 singles, 2 fan-club only CDs and 8 DVDs. Tetsu has claimed that Nil is his life's work and despite some bumps in the road he has showed no signs of slowing down with his music and the band Nil.

NIL (programming language)

NIL was a 32-bit implementation of Lisp developed at MIT and intended to be the successor to Maclisp. NIL stood for "New Implementation of LISP", and was in part a response to DECs VAX computer. The project was headed by Jon L White, with a stated goal of maintaining compatibility with MacLisp whilst fixing many of the problems with the language.

Nil (album)

Nil (Nameless Liberty Underground) (commonly known simply as Nil) is the second studio album released by Japanese rock band The Gazette. It was released on February 8, 2006 by PS Company in Japan. It was also the first album by The Gazette to be released in Europe on May 30, 2006 by CLJ Records.

Nil (cigarette)

Nil is a brand of cigarette which is sold in Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany produced by the Gallaher Group, a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco. Originally, it was a product of the Austrian "Tabakregie", now "Austria Tobacco". In Germany, it is one of the oldest brands that are still on the market. The cigarettes of the brand Nil were produced since 1901 as cigarettes of the oriental type. They were very popular, explicitly in the actor-scene. Until the end of the twenties, they have contained, like most oriental-type-cigarettes, cannabis (8%).

In addition to the classical, non-filter Nil with a characteristic oval form, in 1957 a version of this cigarette with filter was introduced, which was available until 1976. Since 1998, the brand has been positioned in a new way and strongly advertised again. In addition to the reintroduced filter-cigarette, a light-brand and rolling-tobacco were introduced.

Usage examples of "nil".

His telepathic ability is almost nil, but he feels the surges of energy.

Nil admirari is very well for a North American Indian and his degenerate successor, who has grown too grand to admire anything but himself, and takes a cynical pride in his stolid indifference to everything worth reverencing or honoring.

The latter, faithful to the principle of Horace, nil admirari, had contented himself with showing his knowledge by declaring in what lake the best lampreys were caught.

To the last, I believe, his London nil admirari mind hardly appreciated the fact of its really being real cold snow.

But Nils Esterling came back changed, with something dead inside his soul.

Nils Esterling, noting the leatheroid tunic worn at cuffs and elbows, the frayed straps of the elasto sandals.

Nils Esterling, a blood heritage that fought its way to the surface and brought out all the latent mysticism of his race.

Nils Esterling felt the mysticism of far places stealing into his soul.

Once I turned, far down the path above Thunder Fjord, and Nils Esterling had not moved.

AndI repeated that I was not so maidenminded as formerly but as a gesture in the direction of custom and tradition and honoring the old ways I would accept would reluctantly accept ex abundantia one with red hair and one with hair black as carbon and one with brown soft hair and one blond as corntassel nil consuetudine majus and one with two breasts and one who excelled in the art of falconry and one who was a philosopher and one who was by nature sad in the cast of her mind et cetera et cetera et cetera total of forty-four for Papsmearing that Papsday.

To supply power for the hyperdrive and the combat systems, fifteen high-capacity niling d-sinks had been installed.

He and Coigns had been assigned away from the Lunn garrison to the infantry forces of Pavan Nils Barrow, now encamped outside the northern coastal city of Thumbre.

When Biorn used to tell me his tales, all the princes looked as Nils Lykke looks.

Are they not a gage of battle you have thrown down to the wicked Nils Lykke on behalf of all womankind?

If things be as we both think, Nils Lykke must in nowise depart from Ostrat yet awhile.