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In accounting, M has long been used as 'thousand'. Therefore, MM was used for million, as it's a thousand thousand. This is something that I didn't think woul
by beedogs 9y ago
In accounting, M has long been used as 'thousand'. Therefore, MM was used for million, as it's a thousand thousand.
This is something that I didn't think would be this contentious. It's an old standard.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/181917/mixing-use-of-k-for-thousands-and-mm-for-millions https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/181917/mixing-us...
- tomc1985 9y agoThis clarifies exactly... thanks for the link!