four figures

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  • four figure, 4 figure, 4 figures

Noun

four figures (uncountable)

  1. An unspecified amount of money ranging from 1000 to 9999 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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