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not really http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_proper_abbreviation_for_1_million_dollars http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_proper_abbreviation_fo...

• dpark 14y ago
  Yes, really. Your own link confirms it at the top: > The standard financial abbreviation for million is MM, e.g. $300 MM. If you use MM, basically everyone will understand. If you use M, some people will assume million but anyone with experience in finance (or anywhere close) will read "thousand". I pretty sure the blurb at the bottom of your link is wrong, though. 'M' as an abbreviation doesn't come from Roman numerals. That claim is all over the Internet, but I don't believe it's true. The 'M' is for mille, meaning "thousand". We use this in all sorts of terms, like millennium, millipede, "per mil", etc.
  • Ziomislaw 14y ago
    Just use kk (kilo*kilo) for million :) everybody is happy?
    • dpark 14y ago
      Nope, because financial people are set in their ways. :) MM isn't going away any time soon.