2006-12-21 10:57:26 · 15 answers · asked by Sweetpea 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I have seen in adverts for employment... salary of 28K....why do they use the K instead of £...?????....I know what £ means...but what does K mean????
2006-12-21 11:02:00 · update #1
£1 = 1 GBP
£1K = 1000 GBP
guess theres a lot of folk earning more money now.
2006-12-21 11:00:06 · answer #1 · answered by fluxpattern® 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is right! k stands for 1000, so 28k is £28,000 per year as a wage.
If K had taken over from the £ sign a) we would have heard abut it on the news!!! b) the k would be at the beginning of the number rather than the end and c) it would mean that the salary being offered was £28 per year - thats just over £2 per month!
2006-12-24 10:05:26 · answer #2 · answered by bunnygrumpy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hasn't changed! The £ sign is still used and will always be for a long time I can imagine. The k as someone said does represent 1000 but that's not big or something to worry about. Anyway if you was referring to a k = 1000 then the pound sign is still use in front of the 1000 and the k goes after.
2006-12-21 19:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by FuturisticKid 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
K means thousand,
A salary of 28K is £28,000.00 per year
A salary of £28 would be just twenty eight pounds a year - good in 1890 but not so good in 2006.
2006-12-21 19:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would not worry too much about that.
Worry more when you see it as € at some stage.
k stands for 1000's i.e 28k equals £28,000
2006-12-21 19:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Freefall 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't "K" stand for 1000 in short? I have not seen the pound sign any other way than the "L" with the line in the middle.
2006-12-21 18:58:50 · answer #6 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It should say £28K
It means 28,000 (K for kilo - kilo being 1000)
The Sterling symbol has not been changed.
2006-12-22 06:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didnt know the £ sign had changed
2006-12-21 18:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
err... so you thought that the job being advertised was for £28 per year?
The £ is strong at the moment but not that strong!
2006-12-21 20:19:42 · answer #9 · answered by Chantel C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The k stands for kool. It's a new marketing thing.
2006-12-21 19:00:00 · answer #10 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋