The only financial specific similar abbreviation I can find is MM for million (financial notation, according to Wikipedia). What's the AP style (or equivalent authority) abbreviation for billion and trillion in a financial context, and where would I find this information?
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The abbreviation for number is no./nos. Abbreviated unit of measurements do not take a full stop (lb, mm, kg) and do not take a final 's' in the plural. This is a suggestion from Cambridge Dictionary for use of no. as the abbreviation for number.
English writing often uses slashes to form two-letter abbreviations, plus the one-letter w/ – some examples, roughly in order of frequency: I/O – “input/output” w/ – “with” c/o – “care of” A/C – “air conditioning” w/o – “without” R/C – “remote control” b/c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of ...
What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.
There are 4 types of abbreviations I know for "versus": v v. vs vs. I generally use the last one in the list, but I want to stick to one and use only that one. Which one is more proper (or more pre...
The abbreviation "lb" comes from the Latin libra, which is short for libra pondo, or "pound weight." And in any case, the plural of libra would be librae, not libras. And, again in scientific papers, there is always a space between the quantity and the unit.
The strict definition for 'acronym' insists that the abbreviation has been accepted into the lexicon as an uncapitalised word in its own right, for example radar, laser and scuba, though many people consider all abbreviations pronounced as words, such as ISA and NATO, to be acronyms.