Meaning & use
grand
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Meanings
nouncountableinformalslang
One thousand dollars or pounds.
Grammar: Stays singular after a number: ten grand, not ten grands.
Patterns
- ten grand
- a few grand
The repairs cost me two grand.
He paid five grand for the used car.
She saved up a few grand for the trip.
nouncountablemusic
A large piano with a horizontal body and strings, played in concert halls.
Grammar: Short for grand piano, and regular plural: two grands.
Patterns
- play the grand
The pianist sat down at the grand and began to play.
A concert grand filled the center of the stage.
They moved a baby grand into the living room.
Word forms
| plural | grand (money) or grands (pianos) |
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Common combinations
- ten grand
- The watch is worth ten grand.
- a couple of grand
- It costs a couple of grand a year.
- baby grand
- They bought a baby grand for the music room.
- concert grand
- The hall owns a concert grand.
- cost a grand
- The ticket cost a grand.
Synonyms and how they differ
Word family
Commonly confused: grand or grant?
grand vs grant
A grant is money given for a purpose, and it is spelled with a t.
Practice
The used car cost me about five ____, which was a bargain.
Choose one answer.
In the slang money sense, grand does not take a s after a number. Grands would refer to pianos.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “grand”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.