Comments on: Grand (one thousand)

By: Dan S.

Dan S. — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:26:07 +0000

“Grand” meaning “$1,000″ is often abbreviated to simply “G”, as in “20G” for $20,000. But these days, “metric” prefixes are becoming commonplace, so $20,000 might also be called “20k” (or $20k). Which can get confusing, because G as a prefix means 1,000,000,000 (one billion). The result is that $20G is a million times more than 20G.

As for “grand slam”, I had always thought the baseball usage (a home run with bases loaded, scoring 4 runs) was the original one, but apparently that’s not the case.

By: two bob

two bob — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:23:23 +0000

It’s english not american slang [rude term removed]

By: Norma Grandone

Norma Grandone — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:38:35 +0000

Hi James, my husband’s last name is also Grandone. You can look up the meaning of the name by going to Google and asking for the origin of the name. You can also get the “Coat of Arms” for the name. It goes back in history to the 700′s. Good luck

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:21:08 +0000

Other than “six figures”, is there a nickname for $100,000?

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:15:57 +0000

Thank You for this information… i have been wondering why people have started using grand for 1000 units of any currency, but i never got a very convincing answer.. this will definitely help subside my curiosity.

By: Kurt kandy

Kurt kandy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:40:30 +0000

The Grand Watermellon was a 1,000 dollar bill that was sold for well over 2 million for its special print to a collector. I thought that the word “grand” for thousand dollars was derived from that one famouse bill.

By: Don Dierdorff

Don Dierdorff — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:22:58 +0000

I thought that perhaps a “grand” might be used to describe a $1,000 bill due to the president on the $1,000 bill, Grover Cleveland – the first part of “Grover” and the last part of “Cleveland” “Gr” “and”- hence grand. Just a thought.

By: James M. Grandone

James M. Grandone — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:58:35 +0000

Great, Famous, Important, or Exalted are my preferred uses for the word. My last name is Grandone and I have searched long and hard to find its origin. That is, since I am none of the above, just curious where such a curious name came from. Wish someone knew.
Please let me know if anyone out there has the facts.
Have a grand evening.

Jim

By: JoeGottman

JoeGottman — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:41:11 +0000

I always thought this had something to do with the crime of grand theft, which (at least in some places) meant the theft of at least a thousand dollars.