4 ms·It's a third of $40k, "three times less" than $40k would be -$80kby smcl 3y agoIt's a third of $40k, "three times less" than $40k would be -$80kdag11 3y ago"X times less" is actually a technically meaningless statement, but colloquially would mean 1/X. There's nothing to be gained by being pedantic over thatsmcl 3y agoIt's just annoying to see, like when people write "less then" or "should of"