nine figures
noun1
An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100,000,000 to 999,999,999 dollars or other unit of currency.
- At any time there is in our country an enormous amount of spare cash looking for investment. It may be John Smith who has sold his potatoes to advantage and wants to salt down the proceeds, or it may the United States Steel Corporation with a cash surplus running into nine figures. Both are able to buy bonds or certificates, and will do it.1917, Collier's: The National Weekly, volume 59, P. F. Collier:
- Experienced securities analysts, too, earn six figures, but only because their decisions earn nine figures for the portfolios they direct.1987, Jack Chapman, How to Make $1,000 a Minute: Negotiating Salaries & Raises, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 9:
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- We have to repay the investment from the backers first. But yes, we all stand to earn nine figures.2023, Ajay Chowdhury, The Detective, Random House, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- three figures, four figures, five figures, six figures, seven figures, eight figures