thou

Examples

• All

• Did you give him the 5 thou?

  The Guilty (2000)

• The going rate is five thou, but you could owe me, lady.

  8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)

• I think it's at least a couple thou, a couple thou deep.

• OK, it's one thou under, but we'll accept it.

• You get 40 thou a show, minimum.

  The Gospel (2005)

• Parts will bring 100 thou easy.

  Heartbreakers (2001)

• You got the 50 thou?

  The Mask (1994)

• They took us for five thou and some change.

  The Drop (2014)

• Five thou apiece we went for.

  The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

• He just won over a hundred thou at the roulette wheel.

  Leprechaun 3 (1995)

Synonyms

1

1000

vsthou

∞ 1.0

A number equal to ten times one hundred

is an informal spoken term used instead of numeric symbols

G

grand

vsthou

• UK

34 4.9

A thousand dollars or pounds used informally

is used more broadly for a thousand units beyond just money

O

one thousand

vsthou

26 1.0

A number equal to 1,000

is an informal spoken term often used to refer to that same numeric value

T

thousand

vsthou

1.0

Describing something that has 1,000 items

is an informal spoken label rather than a neutral measurement term

Idioms

H

holier-than-thou

• Offensive

5 8.7

Acting as if morally better than other people

H

holier-than-thou

• Offensive

1 8.2

A person who acts as if morally better than other people

Surface Forms

Etymology