three figures

English

Alternative forms

• three figure, 3 figure, 3 figures

Noun

three figures (uncountable)

1. An unspecified amount of money ranging from 100 to 999 dollars or other unit of currency.
   • 1953, Scotland Sheriff Courts, The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland‎, volume 69, W. Hodge & Company, page 10:

     It will encourage many new "calls" to the Bar that it took young Macmillan four years to earn three figures a year, and eight to reach four figures.

See also

• four figures, five figures, six figures, seven figures, eight figures, nine figures