It is interesting that we lack good words for key bands of wealth.
Top 1% is apparently 4 million. So millionaire works.
Threshold for top 0.01% is apparently $111 million. I’m guessing 0.1% is like 10-20 million.
We need words like decamillionaire and centimillionaire.
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I thought that's what "multimillionaire" was supposed to mean - i.e. "actually really rich"
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I mean even 2 million is multi, as is 999 million, just short of billion
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Literally yes, but I don't think that's how multimillionaire is actually used though. I always think of it as 10's / 100's Millions
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I don’t think that’s common... there’s no consensus sense around multimillionaire afaict. I use it for anything above a couple.
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Ah come on. Common usage doesn’t track the curve but lifestyle markers.
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I would probably think 3-5, since most of 3-9 will fall in lower range and I interpret multiple as closer to 'a few' than 'a couple' even if not strictly correct. I think in centi prefixes and implicitly in deca. I also think differently of 1-2 billionaires and decabillionaires.


