how to abbreviate million?

Here’s a quick reference to abbreviating numbers on your resume:

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The best (and most common) way to abbreviate millions on a resume is “MM.” It’s clear and easy to understand, which is the key to successfully abbreviating numbers.

You can also use “M.” This has historically been used to mean thousand, but is rarely used that way anymore, so it’s unlikely to cause confusion. If you say “10M” on a resume, recruiters will know that you mean million, not thousand.

So, “10,000,000” could become “10MM” or “10M.” “10 million” is also acceptable, but don’t use “10mill,” which is overly informal — stick to the more common abbreviations.

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Let's look at a few examples from real resumes of how to abbreviate million on a resume.

Similarly, the best way to abbreviate billions on a resume is “B.” You can spell out “billion,” but don’t use “BB” — the double letter is only used in millions to avoid confusion.

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Always use “K” to abbreviate thousands — never “M,” which is archaic and likely to cause confusion. Unlike “million” and “billion,” avoid spelling out “thousand” — instead, use the whole figure.

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Should you spell out numbers in a resume, or use figures instead? It depends — different style guides will tell you different things, which means that this one is mostly a matter of preference. It is acceptable to:

The key? Choose one and be consistent throughout.

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If you want to give a range on your resume — for example, to indicate “more than” — you can use + or >. More than 10 million should become “10M+” or “>10M.” Don’t use “10+M,” which is clunky and confusing.

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You might also want to use abbreviations to indicate physical size. To abbreviate “square foot,” use “ft2” — there’s no need to get fancy with superscript like “ft2”.

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The most important thing to remember when using abbreviations on your resume is consistency. If you use “MM” in one place on your resume, use “MM” everywhere else — don’t switch between “MM,” “M,” “mm,” and “m.” Using different abbreviations interchangeably is confusing and can distract hiring managers from the substance of your resume.

Using uppercase (“MM”) or lowercase (“mm”) are both fine, as long as you’re consistent. Uppercase abbreviations are standard in the United States, while lowercase abbreviations are more common in some countries overseas, so keep that in mind when choosing which to use.

Only use abbreviations on your resume when they are common and easily understood. Abbreviating “million” as “M” is fine, because recruiters can easily understand what you’re trying to say. Abbreviating “hundred” as “H” would be strange, because it’s not an abbreviation you’re likely to find anywhere else. Using uncommon abbreviations means a recruiter may spend more time trying to puzzle out what you’re trying to say than actually reading your resume (and may just decide to toss it aside and save themselves the headache).

Don’t use:

Use this instead:

You don’t always need to use abbreviations on your resume! In particular, don’t abbreviate numbers when it lessens the impact of what you’re trying to say. This means you should avoid abbreviating numbers in the low thousands — for example, it’s better to use “1600” than “1.6K.”

Don’t use:

Designed strategy for large-scale operational transformation initiative encompassing 1.7K+ full-time employees (FTEs), resulting in 500 FTE savings.

Million is commonly abbreviated in financial documents or letters. In these documents, million is generally abbreviated as:

It may also be abbreviated as mil. The most common abbreviation in business settings is MM.

The word “million” is defined as the number 1,000,000. When plural, as in “millions,” it refers to multiples of 1,000,000. In its simplest terms, a million is “one thousand thousand”. The word “million” is most often used in reference to money, but is also frequently used in exaggeration. The word “million” can be paired with the suffix “-aire” to form the word millionaire which indicates an individual with a million or more dollars.

She won a million dollars in the lottery.

He has millions of coupons in his junk drawer.

The founder of the company went on to become a millionaire.

She just sold millions of dollars in stocks.

He just made millions selling his Bitcoin.

As stated above, MM is generally used in business to represent millions since the letter M by itself has historically meant 1,000. That said, if your organization uses M and it doesn’t cause confusion, you are free to use M to abbreviate one million.

Abbreviating one million dollars is done using the above abbreviations. Generally, the abbreviation with two M’s is preferred in finance. So a million dollars is written as $1MM.

One thing to consider is that when writing about large amounts of money, the words “million” or “billion” are often left out altogether, as are superfluous zeroes. It’s then up to the reader to note the context, with the document stating the place value once at the beginning and not again.

The bank’s budget is set at $32MM. (The bank’s budget is set at $32,000,000 dollars).

We will allocate $10 mm to expansion operations.

The other $22MM is yet to be determined.

The price of the house is $10.3M. (The price of the house is 10,300,000 dollars).

Thanks a mil, it means a lot.

We gave  $1mm to the charity organization.

We sold one m. books and. around 2 m. magazines.

If you’re looking to avoid the word million altogether, you won’t have much luck. The only other option is to write your entire number numerically, or even convert it to scientific notation.

The word million is often used as a form of exaggeration, in which case it’s a bit easier to replace. For example:

He has millions of cars! / He has several cars.

She eats a million apples everyday. / She eats quite a few apples everyday.

If we wanted to denote millions, we would show that as MM. For this, we should credit the Romans. M is the Roman numeral for thousand and MM is meant to convey one thousand-thousand — or million. To take it further; one billion would be shown as $1MMM or one-thousand million.