Title: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: möve on March 12, 2003, 02:42:05 pm
Hi Y'all,
what is the correct (or at least the most common) abbreviation for a million?
My salary ought to be
1 mil
1 mil.
1 m
1 M
or what else?
Moeve
what is the correct (or at least the most common) abbreviation for a million?
My salary ought to be
1 mil
1 mil.
1 m
1 M
or what else?
Moeve
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: smitkit on March 12, 2003, 03:19:16 pm
At my company we use 1m but I don't know if this is a standard across the board or just here.
Kez
Kez
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: blufire21 on March 12, 2003, 03:33:01 pm
I believe it is 1M.
Ellen in TX
Ellen in TX
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: JessW on March 12, 2003, 03:49:56 pm
My company uses 1m or 1 million (long hand) for the prevention of misunderstanding.
I also wish you luck on your 1m salary - donation always welcome (only joking, i know it was just an example!)
Jess
I also wish you luck on your 1m salary - donation always welcome (only joking, i know it was just an example!)
Jess
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: hgray on March 12, 2003, 05:55:19 pm
Yes we also use 1M
Helen
Helen
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million - Deja Vu
Post by: sueg22 on March 12, 2003, 07:55:36 pm
I think we did this on deskdemon recently with the thousand thing -- that's where I learned that m = 1,000 and mm = 1,000,000 -- I will never forget it again. :)
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million - Deja Vu
Post by: countrigal on March 12, 2003, 08:15:37 pm
Sueg22, that's exactly what came to my mind first when seeing this post. And what I gathered from that previous post was:
a) if you're an accountant, you tend to use "mm"
b) general abbreviation is "m"
c) and that we can get so much interesting information through these questions.
CountriGal
Peer Moderator
a) if you're an accountant, you tend to use "mm"
b) general abbreviation is "m"
c) and that we can get so much interesting information through these questions.
CountriGal
Peer Moderator
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million - Deja Vu
Post by: jahdra on March 12, 2003, 08:22:47 pm
M the Roman numeral for a thousand. So 1MM would be a thousand thousand or one million. Remember, the Romans had no concept of 0, that was an Arabic invention, along with algebra.
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: execsec on March 12, 2003, 09:29:35 pm
According to my Gregg Reference Manual (p. 131), to express large numbers in abbreviated form (metric style), you would say 1M; M stands for mega, signifying millions.
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: blufire21 on March 12, 2003, 09:46:28 pm
OK guys, according to my guy here at work, who knows EVERYTHING, it is 1M. He said it's in the AP Stylebook.
Ellen in TX
Ellen in TX
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: möve on March 13, 2003, 03:48:41 pm
Sorry if that was a repeat question - I did search for "million" before I posted but I did not find that threat you mentioned.
Thank you for your help.
Moeve
Thank you for your help.
Moeve
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: countrigal on March 13, 2003, 11:02:30 pm
Searching can get tricky sometimes, and also depends on which forum you search. Anyway, this way you got more of a census of what is "standard" and not just what is "right".
Oh what information we can share!
CountriGal
Peer Moderator
Oh what information we can share!
CountriGal
Peer Moderator
Title: Re: Abbreviation - Million
Post by: emcmanus on March 14, 2003, 11:41:23 am
Our credit department alway uses the abbreviation mio for million, not sure why this is though!
Emma
Emma