Meaning & use
thousand
The number equal to ten times one hundred, written as 1,000.
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The stadium held more than ten thousand fans for the championship game.
She saved a thousand dollars over the summer by working two jobs.
A note on using this word
Thousand is often combined with other numbers, as in 'two thousand five hundred,' without using 'and' in American English.
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