thousand
Cross references:
1. number
thou.sand \'thau.z-*n(d)\ \-*n(t)th\ \-*n(t)s, -*n(t)ths\ n or thousands or
thousand or thousandths [ME, fr. OE thu-send; akin to OHG du-sunt thousand;
both fr.] pl a prehistoric Gmc compound whose constituents are respectively
akin toRuss tysyacha thousand, Skt tavas strong, L tume-re to swell and to
OE hund hundred - more at THUMB 2a: the numerable quantity symbolized by
the arabic numerals 1000 2b: the letter M 3: the number occupying the
position four to the left of the decimal point in the Arabic notation 4: a
very large number {had a ~ things to do} pl - thousand aj