Talk:thousand
Latest comment: 11 months ago by JMGN in topic Usage note: short thousand
thousands more + plural noun
editwhat meaning of thousands is used in thousands more children or tens of thousands more Jews ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:15, 10 November 2019 (UTC)
10 × 100
editHow is "10 × 100" read out? ten hundred(s)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:02, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
thou·sands (plural noun): very many
editthou·sands (plural noun): a very large but unspecified number thousands of copies Microsoft® Encarta® 2009
Using “M” as an abbreviation too, besides "K"
edit“M” as an abbreviation for thousand dates back to the Roman numeral system. It is still used in instances like CPM, or "cost per thousand impressions". JMGN (talk) 15:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Usage note: short thousand
editThe number 1000 is sometimes described as a short thousand in medieval contexts where it is necessary to distinguish the Germanic concept of 1200 as a long thousand. JMGN (talk) 15:52, 17 September 2023 (UTC)