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what does "5md USD" mean? I assume USD = US Dollars but "5md" ? Thank you.

• ghc 3y ago
  I was confused as well, so I checked various European languages for what their word for billion is. I suspect they are french, using an abbreviation for milliard, the French word for billion.
  • H8crilA 3y ago
    Not just French, also for example German and Polish. Milion, Miliard, Bilion, Biliard = Million, Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion (neither are justified because neither start at the beginning, that is at a thousand :) )
    • schmorptron 3y ago
      This is one of the places where the US has a better naming standard than us in the EU imo. Just feels much more intuitive to count up with Bi, Tri without doubling them up every time.
      • suction 3y ago
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• KolmogorovComp 3y ago
  Oops, fixed. I meant 5 billions (5e9), USD is indeed US Dollars.
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• Bluecobra 3y ago
  My guess is that the OP meant to say "5bn USD". I frequently see billion abbreviated to "bn" in UK newspapers such as the Financial Times.
• spaer 3y ago
  Maybe milliard (billion)
• guybedo 3y ago
  probably billions. "md" would be "milliard" and "milliard" is french for billions.