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6Likes- 23-Aug-2011, 09:19 #1
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Meaning of "bn" Its market value plunged by 63 per cent that day, to 3.3bn.
What does it mean by "3.3bn."
- 23-Aug-2011, 09:21 #2
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Re: Meaning of "bn" * Not a teacher
In my opinion, bn stands for billion. So, it means that its market value is now 3.3 billions.
- 23-Aug-2011, 10:16 #3
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Teacher Re: Meaning of "bn" We say "Three hundred, thousand, million, billion dollars", but "hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of dollars"
Originally Posted by SirGod 
- 23-Aug-2011, 10:33 #4
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Re: Meaning of "bn" Oh, a basic mistake. Thank you!
- 23-Aug-2011, 10:39 #5
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Teacher Re: Meaning of "bn" We all make, them - even native speakers. I have lost count of the number of typos I have perpetrated; some of them have resulted in an incorrect answer being given. Originally Posted by SirGod Oh, a basic mistake. Thank you!
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