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six figures

six figures noun: an unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000 to 999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.

Noun

six figures (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000 to 999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.
    • Some make a nice chunk for themselves, like Mapple, whose wife Deena was one of the first water skiers ever to make six figures in a year.1998 August, Robert Stephens, “Cashing In”, in Ski, volume 21, number 7, →ISSN

Forms of six figures

alternative formsix figure
alternative form6 figure
alternative form6 figures

Questions about six figures

What does six figures mean?
Six figures means an unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000 to 999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.
What part of speech is six figures?
Six figures is a noun.

Words near six figures in the dictionary

  1. six bob a day tourist
  2. six bob a day tourists
  3. Six Counties
  4. six feet deep
  5. six feet under
  6. six figures
  7. six foot
  8. Six Hills
  9. six hundred
  10. Six Mile
  11. Six Mile Bottom

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