Million (monetary unit). Used universally in business chat, street trade, and casual banter to speed up financial talk (машина стоит три ляма — “the car costs three mil”).
Оказывается, есть виски почти за три ляма рублей. Его можно взять в ипотеку.
It turns out that there’s whisky that costs almost 3 million roubles. You can mortgage it.
(bash.org.ru, 10/2010)
