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thou⋅sand

  [thou-zuhnd] noun, plural -sands, (as after a numeral) -sand, adjective
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–noun
1. a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
2. a symbol for this number, as 1000 or M.
3. thousands. the numbers between 1000 and 999,999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property damage was in the thousands.
4. a great number or amount.
5. Also, thousand's place.
a. (in a mixed number) the position of the fourth digit to the left of the decimal point.
b. (in a whole number) the position of the fourth digit from the right.
–adjective
6. amounting to 1000 in number.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE thūsend; c. D duizend, OHG dūsunt, ON thūsund, Goth thūsindi
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thou·sand   (thou'zənd)   
n.  The cardinal number equal to 10 × 100 or 103.

[Middle English, from Old English thūsend; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]
thou'sand adj. & pron.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

thousand 
O.E. þusend, from P.Gmc. *thusundi (cf. O.Fris. thusend, Du. duizend, O.H.G. dusunt, Ger. tausend, O.N. þusund, Goth. þusundi); related to words in Balto-Slavic (cf. Lith. tukstantis, O.C.S. tysashta, Pol. tysiac, Czech tisic), and probably ultimately a compound with indefinite meaning "several hundred" or "a great multitude" (with first element perhaps related to Skt. tawas "strong, force"). Used to translate Gk. khilias, L. mille, hence the refinement into the precise modern meaning. There was no general IE word for "thousand." Slang shortening thou first recorded 1867. Thousand island dressing (1916) is presumably named for the region of New York on the St. Lawrence River.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

thousand

see bat a thousand; by the dozen (thousand); one in a million (thousand); picture is worth a thousand words.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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