möve
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« on: March 12, 2003, 02:42:05 pm » |
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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  |
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smitkit
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2003, 03:19:16 pm » |
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At my company we use 1m but I don't know if this is a standard across the board or just here.
Kez
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blufire21
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2003, 03:33:01 pm » |
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I believe it is 1M.
Ellen in TX
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JessW
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2003, 03:49:56 pm » |
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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
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hgray
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2003, 05:55:19 pm » |
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Yes we also use 1M
Helen
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sueg22
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2003, 07:55:36 pm » |
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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.  |
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countrigal
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2003, 08:15:37 pm » |
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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
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jahdra
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2003, 08:22:47 pm » |
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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.
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execsec
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2003, 09:29:35 pm » |
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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.
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blufire21
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2003, 09:46:28 pm » |
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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
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möve
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2003, 03:48:41 pm » |
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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 |
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countrigal
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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2003, 11:02:30 pm » |
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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
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emcmanus
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2003, 11:41:23 am » |
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Our credit department alway uses the abbreviation mio for million, not sure why this is though!
Emma
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