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What is the correct way to abbreviate 500,000
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:15 pm
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:15 pm
500K
or 500M
or 500M
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Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:17 pm to Tigerpaw123
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:33 pm to Tiger4Ever
This cannot be serious...
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:34 pm to lynxcat
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This cannot be serious...
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:49 pm to Tigerpaw123
I guess if you were French or something it could be 500M since "mille" is thousand in French.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:49 pm to Tiger4Ever
The only one I see done a few different ways is $500M and $500 MM
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:50 pm to tigercross
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I guess if you were French or something it could be 500M
No not French, right here in the USA
Posted on 11/18/10 at 9:50 pm to tigercross
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I guess if you were French or something it could be 500M since "mille" is thousand in French.
You obviously don't understand the rules....there can only be one winner in this Battle Dome.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:01 pm to Tigerpaw123
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:15 pm to AbsolutTiger
They are both correct.
We actually used to use 500M for 500,000 and 500MM for 500 million in our financial reports until a few years ago.
We actually used to use 500M for 500,000 and 500MM for 500 million in our financial reports until a few years ago.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:38 pm to Htown Tiger
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We actually used to use 500M for 500,000 and 500MM for 500 million in our financial reports until a few years ago.
Well that just makes things unnecessarily confusing.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:56 pm to LSUtoOmaha
I always thought that the M in 500M was for the Roman Numeral, not for the French word. But 500M, 500k, 500 G's, all correct.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 10:59 pm to ProjectP2294
I seriously doubt it is for "mille." The roman numeral makes some sense.
Posted on 11/18/10 at 11:52 pm to Tigerpaw123
For shite's sake, 500k, 500M, 500B, etc. No point in making things overly complicated.
I guess if you wanted to sound like a big dick you could say .5M instead of 500k. It'd be similar to instead of saying your package was 3 in., you could say "quarter of a foot".
I guess if you wanted to sound like a big dick you could say .5M instead of 500k. It'd be similar to instead of saying your package was 3 in., you could say "quarter of a foot".
This post was edited on 11/18/10 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 11/19/10 at 5:13 am to Htown Tiger
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They are both correct.
Yep and it does create confusion.
An example of M being a thousand is MMBtu for million btu's. MM being "thousand thousand". In other circumstances M can be million.
Posted on 11/19/10 at 8:44 am to AbsolutTiger
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What is the correct way to abbreviate 500,000
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I think its funny that if you follow the link, the very first site listed is this thread.
It just keeps you going in a circle. Similar to the game for idiots that says "flip page to other side."
Posted on 11/19/10 at 10:43 am to lob1284
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I think its funny that if you follow the link, the very first site listed is this thread.
It just keeps you going in a circle. Similar to the game for idiots that says "flip page to other side."
Posted on 11/22/10 at 11:17 am to Htown Tiger
In the bond business 500m is 500,000
1mm is 1,000,000
1mm is 1,000,000
Posted on 11/22/10 at 1:30 pm to bbvdd
M is, as noted, for mille is thousand not only in French but in Latin, Italian, and the other Romance languages.
K is short for kilo, which is derived from the word for thousand in Greek.
But in America we speak Enlish, dammit, so I'm going to start using 500T.
K is short for kilo, which is derived from the word for thousand in Greek.
But in America we speak Enlish, dammit, so I'm going to start using 500T.
Posted on 11/22/10 at 1:35 pm to Cold Cous Cous
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But in America we speak Enlish, dammit, so I'm going to start using 500T.
You sir are a true patriot
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