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M.m

German translation: Mio.

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English term or phrase:M.m
German translation:Mio.
Entered by: Pegmoe

14:31 Nov 18, 2001
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Investment / Securities / investment
English term or phrase: M.m
Capital Expenditure Manual,
post completion summary

Examples: M.m outturn
Annual EBIT (M.m)
Pegmoe
Mio.
Explanation:
Just a hunch (lacking context), but if "M.m" appears together with figures, it would stand for "million".

"mm" is often used in American English and "MM" is appearantly used as an acronym for "million" in the oil industry.
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Beate Lutzebaeck
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Mio.


Explanation:
Just a hunch (lacking context), but if "M.m" appears together with figures, it would stand for "million".

"mm" is often used in American English and "MM" is appearantly used as an acronym for "million" in the oil industry.


    Reference: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acron...
Beate Lutzebaeck
New Zealand
Local time: 00:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uschi (Ursula) Walke: but as you're saying this should be MM or mm
3 hrs

agree  Ralf Lemster: M.m might indicate the numerical format (i.e. 5.4 million)
7 hrs
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