- used to show that you are grateful to somebody for something they have done
- ‘How are you?’ ‘Fine, thanks (= thanks for asking).’
- thanks for doing something Thanks for lending me the money.
- thanks for something Many thanks for your support.
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- a polite way of accepting something that somebody has offered you
- ‘Would you like a coffee?’ ‘Oh, thanks.’
- ‘Here's the change.’ ‘Thanks very much.’
- ‘Do you want to come with us?’ ‘I’d love to, thanks.’
- no thanksa polite way of refusing something that somebody has offered you
- ‘Would you like some more?’ ‘No thanks.’
Word OriginOld English thancas, plural of thanc ‘(kindly) thought, gratitude’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dank and German Dank, also to think.
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