Meaning & use
grand
An informal term for one thousand dollars or another unit of currency.
See it in a sentence
He paid five grand in cash for the used car without haggling over the price.
Renovating the kitchen ended up costing them nearly ten grand more than they planned.
A note on using this word
"Grand" stays the same after a number ("ten grand," not "ten grands"); "grands" is only used for grand pianos.
Words with a similar meaning
thousand
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A grand piano, a large piano with a horizontal frame and strings.
The concert hall's grand had been tuned that morning for the recital.
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