re: Cashier at store told me one guy has spent $4000 on Powerball

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M is the standard abbreviation for 1000 count of any item
#/M means per thousand
again, carry on
the math in this thread is amusing

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Don't be obtuse. M has been widely adopted to mean a million as it is the metric abbreviation for mega.

You can find million dollar figures quoted as $---M in publications across the world, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and other traditional print papers..