M/É

20:19 Jan 23, 2019 

I see, we have a lot of suggestions, but no proof for any of these. I think it would be wiser to ask the client for explanation than to guess.

BTW: Can you please cite the real context, i.e. the full phrase or paragraph with the abbreviations "10 M$ (8 M$ M/É)"?

18:21 Jan 23, 2019 

Tony - I was thinking more along the lines of M= mise à niveau É = Électromecanique. This is what I went with, but I will leave the discussion open in case anyone has any better ideas!

17:14 Jan 23, 2019 

Although that sounds tempting, I fall to see why 'électro-mécanique' would get turned round to 'M/É'? AFAIK 'mécano-électrique' is not common usage in FR? Of course, perhaps they simply meant 'Mechanical / Electrical Services' — but then the use of '/' in FR is arguably less common than in EN...

16:56 Jan 23, 2019 

It sounds like you've made up your mind, but you haven't told us what you think it stands for. And are you closing the question?

16:06 Jan 23, 2019 

@ Tony M

I think you might be right about describing what the budget is actually for. Later on it goes on to talk about "mise à niveau des systèmes électromécaniques", so I'm thinking that M/É might actually be referring to the portion of the budget that went towards upgrading the electromechanical system. My mind was going in a completely different direction, so thank you all for helping me out!

16:05 Jan 23, 2019 

That would be an odd abbreviation to use. I would have thought the vast majority of people would put US or USD.
Is either of these figures mentioned elsewhere in the document, Andrea?

15:45 Jan 23, 2019 

So M/É could = monnaie États-Unis? Could be.
The CAD was at or very close to 0,8 USD for part of 2018.

15:43 Jan 23, 2019 

There's probably more to this than meets the eye!

Do you think that M/É is qualifying some different kind of $ (e.g. CA vs US?) I have no idea what the CA / US conversion rate is!
Or, could it be describing what the budget is FOR? "Out of the budget of 10 M$, 8 M$ is for M/É"? I was wondering if it was something like 'Maîtrise d'Études', although that proportion would seem terribly high for that; unless, of course 'Maître d'Études' has a special meaning in FR-CA, as if it were say 'Prime Contractor' ('Maître d'OEuvre'), in which case, depending on what the project actually is, it might possibly be logical..

15:38 Jan 23, 2019 

Canadian $ may be possible, but the the currency rate differs.
Today 763.009 CAD = 1,000,000 USD

15:24 Jan 23, 2019 

Could it be a very non-standard way of expressing the cost in USD (US dollars)? The cost of the project is 10 million Canadian dollars and (in brackets) they give the cost in USD (É short for États-Unis).

15:12 Jan 23, 2019 

Canada is the country of origin!

14:51 Jan 23, 2019 

Which country are we in?