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Why two M's in $250MM?


M => a thousand, as in Roman numerals.

MM => a thousand thousands, i.e. a million.

Commonly used in accounting and finance.


In financial context, million is often abbreviated MM. It comes from the French word for thousand, mille.

A million is a thousand thousand, or MM.


M = 1000. MM = 1,000,000.




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