In the early 1900s, one thousand dollars was thought to be a “grand” sum of money, hence grand. What confuses matters is that in the world of computers K sometimes means not 1,000 but 210, or 1,024. 5 large is 5 large bills. For example, both Canadians and Americans refer to a $100 note as a Since its introduction in 1999, a number of slang terms for the In India slang names for coins are more common than the currency notes.
100 euro: barkie, meier (after mea, Hebrew for 100), mud (unit of volume, derived from Latin modius; used to be 100 litres after 1820), snip (the old guilder banknote once had a snipe on it) - Another term that refers to a thousand is a thou, which was first recorded in 1869, and is still in use. South African slang for various amounts of money borrows many terms from the rest of the English speaking world, such as the word "grand" when referring to Among the English speaking communities "Bucks" is commonly used to refer to Rands (South African Currency). As with most questions of etymology, we don’t know who first used the phrase. (The umlauts here are pronounced a short e - [spenn]) 1,000,000,000.) I mean, I get the idea that it's a grand amount of money, but who started using the term? During WWII, the Yanks brought the term to the UK, where it came to mean £1,000. twenty bones is equal to $20). Synonym Discussion of grand. The term “grand” is American slang from the early 1900s, presumably from the expression “a grand sum of money” to mean $1,000. In New Zealand one dollar and two dollar coins are often referred to as "gold coins". and G one thousand dollars. 25 cents: kwartje (a quarter of a euro) (in Amsterdam "heitje") As with most questions of etymology, we don’t know who first used the phrase.
Using the street slang ((disambiguation for one of fmr Pres. Lucre: money or profit (from the biblical expression “filthy lucre,” meaning “ill-gained money”) 32.
Brewer, 1978, p.1053 "Some, as I know, Have parted with their ready rhino" - Brewer, 1978, p.1029, "If now a person is offered anything on sale, he might say, I have not a 1 euro : uru, djara, ballen (pleural), e, ekkie, pop (Previously when it was 1 Guilder - "piek") 10 euro: donnie, tientje ("tenner"), joet (after yodh, the tenth letter in the Hebrew alphabet) - (in Amsterdam "joet") Grand definition is - having more importance than others : foremost. Australian dollars are informally known as "dollarydoos".Pre-decimal currency in Australia had a variety of slang terms for its various denominations. Loot: money (originally denoted goods obtained illicitly or as the spoils of war) 31. (See STAFF REPORTS ARE WRITTEN BY THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD, CECIL'S ONLINE AUXILIARY. Where did it come from? However, this usually only extends to terms that are not specific to one country or the other. "A grand" is another common slang term for money, and means $1,000 USD. Kilo is the Greek prefix for thousand, so strictly speaking one might use “10K” to mean $10,000. (It's taking longer than we thought.) However, in recent years, due to inflation, the use of these small value coins has declined, and so has the use of these slang terms. Fairly recent additions are a "Winston" for £5 (from the image of £5 is called a "fiver". Dollar amounts are all also referred to as bucks. THOUGH THE SDSAB DOES ITS BEST, THESE COLUMNS ARE EDITED BY ED ZOTTI, NOT CECIL, SO ACCURACYWISE YOU'D BETTER KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.Fighting ignorance since 1973. A "tenner" is £10. The term “grand” is American slang from the early 1900s, presumably from the expression “a grand sum of money” to mean $1,000. Some try to keep things straight by using k to mean 1,000 while K means 1,024, but I venture to say most of the world is unaware of that distinction. and 'tijori' for 100 crores (Rs. Grand: One thousand dollars.
A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD A similar but not necessarily synonymous term is K, short for kilo, as in kilobyte. A "Darwin" also refers to a £10 note, due to the image of General terms include bucks, dough, bread, moolah, cheddar, paper, stash, Benjamin, Benji, loot,U.S. Banknotes may be collectively referred to as "dead Presidents", although neither "Greenback" originally applied specifically to the 19th century Demand Note dollars created by Other more general terms for money, not specifically linked to actual banknotes:
Many slang terms for money are used in reference to smaller denominations of paper bills. Ready money (i.e.
Grand old flag, however, and grandparents still retain the OTHER meanings of “grand,” just to confuse people for whom English is a second language. Since Canadians and Americans both refer to their respective currencies as "the dollar," and because the two countries tend to mingle both socially and in the media, there is a lot of overlap in slang terms for money. Due to the real estate boom in recent times, businessmen also use the terms '2CR' or '3CR' referring to two crores and three crores respectively. America does make $1000.00 dollar bills, it’s just that no one in real life actually sees them except those who can carry thousands of dollars in their wallet and not blink or get nervous. A 10 paisa coin is called 'dassi' and for 20 paisa it is 'bissi'. Tijori means a large safe or a cupboard, which would be the approximate space required to store that money in cash form. For examples, Kshs.1.00 is one-bob, whereas 5,000/= is five-Kei.