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m

3.4
A symbol meaning one million, often used with money or numbers
  • adjective
  • Jargon
translation icon : millón
  • She sold her stake for 1.5m, which allowed her to buy a small house nearby.

Examples

  • Analysts expect the city budget to reach 300m dollars after the latest tax adjustments.

  • The startup raised 12m in funding to expand its platform across Europe.

  • The company reported earnings of 5m last quarter.

  • He invested 2m in the new startup.

  • The startup raised 12m in funding to expand its platform across Europe.

  • Analysts expect the city budget to reach 300m dollars after the latest tax adjustments.

  • She sold her stake for 1.5m, which allowed her to buy a small house nearby.

Synonyms

million
vsm
  • Informal
417 1.0

A very large number used to mean a lot without an exact count

is used as a precise marker after numerals in financial contexts

A number equal to one million

is used after a numeral as an abbreviation in business and journalism

Compounds

M-1
1 7.4

A standard U.S. military rifle used by U.S. soldiers in World War II

1 7.5

A U.S. military semiautomatic rifle used in World War II and the Korean War

immunoglobulin M
  • Specialized
6.3

An antibody found in the blood early in infection that fights germs and helps start longer protection

vitamin M
  • Archaic
3.3

A vitamin needed for making new cells and preventing anemia

Surface Forms

m positive

Etymology

M for a million comes from the word million, which comes from Italian milione meaning 'big thousand' and from Latin mille 'thousand'. So people shorten million to m, and 1.5m means 1,500,000.