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multimillionpound

Multimillionpound is a compound expression used in British English to indicate a sum of money in the millions of pounds. When used as an adjective before a noun, the standard form is multimillion-pound, as in a multimillion-pound deal or a multimillion-pound investment. The unhyphenated, single-word variant is rarely considered formal and is more commonly found in headlines or brand names. The term derives from the prefix multi-, the word million, and the currency unit pound, and it signals a scale of wealth or value in the range of several million pounds.

In use, multimillion-pound expressions are common in business, finance, property, and public policy reporting. They describe

Usage varies by dialect and context. In British English, pounds are the default currency; in American contexts,

contracts,
settlements,
projects,
or
budgets
valued
in
the
multi-million
range.
Examples
include
a
multimillion-pound
development
project,
a
multimillion-pound
settlement,
or
a
multimillion-pound
loan.
In
legal
or
regulatory
contexts,
such
figures
help
convey
scale
without
specifying
exact
numbers.
the
equivalent
constructions
use
dollars
(for
example,
a
multi-million-dollar
contract).
The
term
belongs
to
a
family
of
scale
adjectives
used
to
categorize
large
financial
values,
such
as
multimillion-pound,
multibillion-pound,
and
multi-trillion-pound
expressions.