£800k read as "eight hundred K pounds"?

[NewHopeR]

Context:

Effects of Smoking He also received "secret" funding for "consultation research" via New York legal firm Jacob & Medinger, which was acting on behalf of the tobacco industry. Asked what he felt about tobacco industry lawyers being involved in selecting scientists for research projects, he said: "As long as somebody pays for the research I don't care who it is." Research should be judged on quality, not on who paid for it, he said, adding that he had not personally profited from the funds.[SUP][21][/SUP] According to the UK newspaper The Independent, Eysenck received more than £800k in this way[SUP][22][/SUP] — though, when interviewed by UK's Channel 4 TV in 1996, he "could not remember exactly the source" of the money.

 

[Rover_KE]

'Eight hundred thousand pounds.'

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, you will hear people say "eight hundred K" but without the word "pound".

- How much did your house cost?
- A hundred K.

- How much of your money did the bank lose?
- About two hundred and fifty K.

- How much does a basic Mercedes cost?
- Thirty K.

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

NOT A TEACHER

I think that this usage is related to the way "kilo" is used. 1 kilogram = 1000 gram.

Alternatively, you could say 800 grand, which could be $800,000 or £800,000.

 

[Rover_KE]

Also, in (mainly) US slang: 'eight hundred large' = $800,000.

(Merriam-Webster)

Rover

 

[Rover_KE]

NOT A TEACHER

I think that this usage is related to the way "kilo". 1 kilogram = 1000 gram. :tick:

Alternatively, you could say 800 grand, which is $800,000 or £800,000.

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[Chicken Sandwich]

Ah, yes, of course. People don't say 800 grand pounds/dollars, just 800 grand. Thank you :-D.

Longman defines grand as "a thousand pounds or dollars", but I think it can be any currency, not just pounds or dollars.

 

[SoothingDave]

Ah, yes, of course. People don't say 800 grand pounds/dollars, just 800 grand. Thank you :-D.

Longman defines grand as "a thousand pounds or dollars", but I think it can be any currency, not just pounds or dollars.

There's nothing very grand about 1000 Lira. ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

There's nothing very grand about 1000 Lira. ;-)

That would have been true when Italy used the lira. I think Turkey is now the only country which has "lire" and at the current exchange rate, 1000 Lire = £347. That's not bad. It's not a grand, that's true, but it's better than a slap in the face with a wet fish (learners, look up the idiom if you've never heard it before!)

 

[bhaisahab]

There is certainly nothing very grand about IRS1000/- (a thousand Indian Rupees) which is worth about £12 Sterling.