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No, prefixes, as in kg. Money, as we have seen in this thread, does not use SI stuff at all, so talking about it this way is awkward, since $100k appears to ha
by jzwinck 13y ago
No, prefixes, as in kg. Money, as we have seen in this thread, does not use SI stuff at all, so talking about it this way is awkward, since $100k appears to have an SI "suffix" when technically it carries an SI "prefix." But US people usually do not say "100k USD"; they believe $ always means USD. People in other countries using $ know their dollar sign is likely to be confused, so are more likely to say "100T ZWD" etc.
- _delirium 13y agoYeah, it's kilodollars, just written "$100k" rather than "100 k$" conventionally. But it's fairly clear that what's being multiplied is the base currency unit (dollars, euros, whatever). For historical reasons currencies give the units via a symbol before the number, instead of a letter after it: €10, $10, £10.
- hierro 13y agoDepends on the country. Most people in the eurozone use "10 €", not "€10". However, when adding SI prefixes most people would append the prefix to the amount, rather than prepending it to the unit e.g. "100k €".