Do you abbreviate millions with a single M or MM?

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There's a convoluted history to it, Wikipedia has a pretty good article. There are still a few industries and reports that use a single "m" to mean thousands, just to make things really confusing

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To be safe use MM or m. Lowercase "m" is not a Roman numeral thus should not be confused with one. Single capital "M" could be confused with Roman numeral for 1000. Only one that can be called out is M unless industry specific.

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T trillion
B billion
M million
K thousand

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BBB big baller brand yall

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Banker here. It’s MM. Thousand thousands. M is just 1000.

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Supposedly the “MM” was created to represent a million as a “thousand thousands,” although doesn’t at all explain the “BB,” for a billion.

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Thank you BCG1. I had an SM who made a point my to always change my $M to $MM...he was also just an all around ass hole, so it makes sense.

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It’s a banking thing. Never understood it. To add to the confusion I’ve never seen Billions abbreviated with more than a single B

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Same as BCG1

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I’ve seen both. The people who prefer MM tend to be less likeable

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I’ve got one two three four five six seven eight mm’s in my Bank account

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So is it MBB or MMBB? 🤔

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No one is quite sure where the use of mm came from. Historians maintain that the true translation was lost centuries ago.

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Thousand already has "K" & "G". Now it wants "M" too?? Greedy.

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Single. Would love to know the rationale for double

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No one does BB for a billion. People will write Bn or just B in deal pitchdecks. Don’t ask for logic. It’s convention.

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I make MultiMillions

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Always used MM

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I have seen "mm" or "M" but not "MM"

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Double MM ever since a fortune 50 ceo said “we only need to invest $100 thousand...awesome, it’s $MM kid”

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