grand
noun/ɡrænd/
/ɡrænd/
- (plural grand)(informal) $1 000; £1 000
- It'll cost you five grand!
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- (also grand piano)a large piano in which the strings are horizontal see also baby grand, concert grand
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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