three figures

English

Alternative forms

  • three figure, 3 figure, 3 figures

Noun

three figures (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100 to 999 dollars or other unit of currency.
    • 1953, Scotland Sheriff Courts, The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland‎[1], volume 69, W. Hodge & Company, page 10:
      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.

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