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BOU

Spanish translation: Billion of Units - miles de millones de unidades - MMMU

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English term or phrase:BOU
Spanish translation:Billion of Units - miles de millones de unidades - MMMU
Entered by: Walter Landesman

16:02 Nov 6, 2018
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / International Trade
English term or phrase: BOU
Buenos días! En una factura, una de las columnas tiene como título "U.M." (que entiendo que es unidad de medida) y en esa columna dice BOU. Agrego esta información por si ayuda: en la columna "Quantity" dice 200. Gracias.
Lihuel Muñoz
Local time: 11:22
Billion of Units - mil millones de unidades
Explanation:
Billion of Units

Una posibilidad en este contexto.

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-06 17:40:10 GMT)
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No, sería MMMU. MM es millones, M va por mil.
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Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Local time: 11:22
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4 +3Billion of Units - mil millones de unidades
Walter Landesman
2agente de cobro?
MarinaM


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
bou
agente de cobro?


Explanation:
Biller Operating Unit
https://www.billavenue.com/




MarinaM
Argentina
Local time: 11:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 50
Notes to answerer
Asker: Me parece que no sería el caso porque está en la columna que tiene como título "U.M." (unidad de medida). ¿Puede ser igual el caso?

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bou
Billion of Units - mil millones de unidades


Explanation:
Billion of Units

Una posibilidad en este contexto.

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-06 17:40:10 GMT)
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No, sería MMMU. MM es millones, M va por mil.


    https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Bou
Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Local time: 11:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 76
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Creo que diste en la tecla! BOU=MMU ¿será así la abreviatura?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MarinaM: Tiene sentido
6 hrs
  -> Gracias.
agree  Chema Nieto Castañón: Tal vez "Miles de millones" en el caso referido por el OP [unidades (cifras/datos/resultados) en miles de millones]. ¡Saludos, Walter!
7 hrs
  -> Gracias y saludos.
agree  Paulo Gasques
20 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
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