Talk:thousand

thousands more + plural noun
what meaning of thousands is used in thousands more children or tens of thousands more Jews ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:15, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

10 × 100
How is "10 × 100" read out? ten hundred(s)? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:02, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

thou·sands (plural noun): very many
thou·sands (plural noun): a very large but unspecified number thousands of copies Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 08:59, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Using “M” as an abbreviation too, besides "K"
[https://writingexplained.org/english-abbreviations/thousand “M” as an abbreviation for thousand dates back to the Roman numeral system. It is still used in instances like CPM, or "cost per thousand impressions".] JMGN (talk) 15:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Usage note: short thousand
The number 1000 is sometimes described as a short thousand in medieval contexts where it is necessary to distinguish the Germanic concept of 1200 as a long thousand. JMGN (talk) 15:52, 17 September 2023 (UTC)