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===Modern usage===
Depending on the context, there may be different words used for the number zero, or the concept of zero. For the simple notion of lacking, the words "[[nothing]]" (although this is not accurate) and "none" are often used. The British English words [[Names for the number 0 in English#"Nought" and "naught" versus "ought" and "aught"|"nought" or "naught"]], and "[[wikt:nil|nil]]" are also synonymous.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collins – Free online dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nought}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Collins – Free online dictionary, thesaurus and reference materials – nill |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nil}}</ref>

It is often called "oh" in the context of reading out a string of digits, such as [[telephone number]]s, [[street address]]es, [[credit card number]]s, [[military time]], or years. For example, the [[area code]] 201 may be pronounced "two oh one", and the year 1907 is often pronounced "nineteen oh seven". The presence of other digits, indicating that the string contains only numbers, avoids confusion with the letter O. For this reason, systems that include strings with both letters and numbers (such as [[Canadian postal code]]s) may exclude the use of the letter O.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Slang words for zero include "zip", "zilch", "nada", and "scratch".<ref name="thesaurus">{{ cite web | url = http://thesaurus.com/browse/aught#visualthesaurus | title= 'Aught' synonyms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823071642/http://thesaurus.com/browse/aught#visualthesaurus |archive-date=23 August 2014 | work= Thesaurus.com | access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref> In the context of sports, "nil" is sometimes used, especially in [[British English]]. Several sports have specific words for a score of zero, such as "[[love (tennis)|love]]" in [[tennis]] – from French {{lang|fr|l'œuf}}, "the egg" – and "[[duck (cricket)|duck]]" in [[cricket (sport)|cricket]], a shortening of "duck's egg". "Goose egg" is another general slang term used for zero.<ref name=thesaurus />