Meaning of "bn"

[Suthipong]

Its market value plunged by 63 per cent that day, to 3.3bn.
What does it mean by "3.3bn."

 

[SirGod]

* Not a teacher

In my opinion, bn stands for billion. So, it means that its market value is now 3.3 billions.

 

[5jj]

So, it means that its market value is now 3.3 billion[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE].

We say "Three hundred, thousand, million, billion dollars", but "hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of dollars"

 

[SirGod]

Oh, a basic mistake. Thank you!

 

[5jj]

Oh, a basic mistake. Thank you!

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.