[Foundation-l] 2008/2009 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Report

[Cary Bass]

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Thomas Dalton wrote:
> 2010/1/25 Veronique Kessler <vkessler at wikimedia.org>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks for the comment.  The "mm" signifies millions which is the
>> amount the timeline is representing, $6 million from 125,000
>> donors globally. If we were to replace it with one "m", that
>> would signify only $6 thousand.
>>
>> See also:
>> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_abbreviation_of_million
>
> "M" before the abbreviation of a unit means 1,000, but on its own
> it is far more commonly used to mean 1,000,000. "m" never means
> 1,000 - it means 1/1,000 when used with the abbreviation of a unit,
> but on its own it usually means 1,000,000 too.
I beg to differ, Thomas.  It may be an Americanism (I would have to
find a source for that), but "M" is generally understood to refer to
thousands in  currency.  It comes directly from the Latin "Mille".

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