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Definition of grand noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grand

noun
 
/ɡrænd/
 
/ɡrænd/
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  1. (plural grand)
     (informal) $1 000; £1 000
    • It'll cost you five grand!
  2. (also grand piano)
     a large piano in which the strings are horizontal see also baby grand, concert grand
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French grant, grand, from Latin grandis ‘full-grown, big, great’. The original uses were to denote family relationships and as a title (the Grand, translating Old French le Grand); hence the senses ‘of the highest rank’, ‘of great importance’.
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