Meanings
nounthree figures (uncountable)
alternative three figure · alternative 3 figure · alternative 3 figures
- uncountableAn 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
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