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jolly geoff | 20:06 Wed 07th Feb 2007 | Word Origins
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Why do we regard "K" as an amount of money ie:�10000 =ten "K" what does the k stand for
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K is for kilo, which means 1000 -- as in kilometer, kilogram, etc. Remember Y2K? Year 2000!
When someone says "it costs 10K" they assume you know what unit of money.
21:22 Wed 07th Feb 2007
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uhhh....I always thought K meant potassium, so i never really understood.
15:30 Sun 18th Feb 2007

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