[USMA:31659] RE: Money

[Kim, Richard]

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John and All:   We use the term k all the time in geography/GIS for map scales:   25k = 1:24,000 100k = 1:100,000 250k = 1:250,000 etc. .     ______________ ____  |            |  RICH KIM, Spatial Database Administrator \   | |            |  Washington State Department of Ecology  |  //             |  P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, Washington  USA  98504  |   * Olympia     |  Phone:  (360) 407-6121;  Fax:  (360) 407-6493   \           _____|  E-Mail:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    `---------'        http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/index.html   -----Original Message----- From: john mercer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 09:09 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31643] Money Hello everyone. I was watching t v last night.  they were talking about money. They were talking about $50000 and used the term 50 k. i hope this isn't a stupid question but is the term k a slang term for multiples of $1000? I hope you don't laugh at me but does k mean kilodollars? I have only heard the term recently. My wife was reading me some house adds in our local paper for houses a few months ago and one of the adds had the price for the house in k's. Thank you very much for your time. John Mercer.