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three figures

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

Noun

three figures (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100 to 999 dollars or other unit of currency.
    • It will encourage many new "calls" to the Bar that it took young Macmillan four years to earn three figures a year, and eight to reach four figures.1953, Scotland Sheriff Courts, The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland, volume 69, W. Hodge & Company, page 10

Forms of three figures

alternative formthree figure
alternative form3 figure
alternative form3 figures

Questions about three figures

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

Words near three figures in the dictionary

  1. three dog nights
  2. three eighths
  3. Three Emperors' Corner
  4. three episode rule
  5. three fifths
  6. three figures
  7. three fires
  8. three fourths
  9. three fries short of a Happy Meal
  10. three Fs
  11. three G's

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