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K ⁄ Ks: kyat Myanmar kyat: K is the singular form and Ks is the plural ₾ lari Georgian lari: U+20BE ₾ LARI SIGN: Lek: lek Albanian lek: Also occasionally L L: lempira Honduran lempira: Also used as the currency symbol for the Lesotho and Swazi currencies as the singular form.
K – Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000. For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an abbreviation for Cost of Equity (COE).
It is used in the International System of Units, where it has the symbol k, in lowercase. The prefix kilo is derived from the Greek word χίλιοι ( chilioi ), meaning "thousand". In 19th century English it was sometimes spelled chilio, in line with a puristic opinion by Thomas Young .
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
Money portal; A list of all currencies, current and historic. The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region.
The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro.The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996.
In the Indian subcontinent, it is common in Hindustani, as well as in both Indian and Pakistani English for large amounts of money to be discussed in lakhs and crores rather than in rupees. While they are not official denominations, they are drawn from the customary numerical system and are widely understood and utilised in the Indian ...
Prices in the Kenyan shilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the amount in cents.An equals sign or hyphen represents zero amount.