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thousand 1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 2. a numeral, 1000, 103, M, etc., representing this number 3. the amount or quantity that is one hundred times greater than ten 4. Maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by three zeros How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Writing out on note paper in his minute hand all that he owed, he added up the amount and found that his debts amounted to seventeen thousand and some odd hundreds, which he left out for the sake of clearness. A filled straight belonging to French Louis gave him a pot of five thousand against two sets of threes held by Campbell and Kearns. A weight of four thousand pounds is represented by a displacement of the air amounting to forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet; or, in other words, forty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-seven cubic feet of air weigh about four thousand pounds. |
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