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0 pointswongarsu3y ago0 comments

And in many places M stands for thousand, from Latin "mille" (as well as the Roman numeral). That doesn't keep people from counting in kilo-, mega- and gigadollars. Still less confusing than dealing with short vs long scale numbers in translation.

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fallingknife3y ago

Which is why you see millions of dollars often abbreviated as $5MM, to avoid the confusion with single M.

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0 pointswongarsu3y ago0 comments

And in many places M stands for thousand, from Latin "mille" (as well as the Roman numeral). That doesn't keep people from counting in kilo-, mega- and gigadollars. Still less confusing than dealing with short vs long scale numbers in translation.

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fallingknife3y ago

Which is why you see millions of dollars often abbreviated as $5MM, to avoid the confusion with single M.

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