kilobuck
English
Etymology
kilo- + buck
Noun
kilobuck (plural kilobucks)
- (informal, usually in the plural) A thousand dollars.
- 1962, Harry Leland Van Velzer, Physics and chemistry of electronic technology (page 326)
- Of course such a leak detector, responsive to a single element, is simpler, more compact, and less expensive than the full-fledged mass spectroscope, which is about the size of a pipe-organ console and costs tens of kilobucks.
- 1962, Harry Leland Van Velzer, Physics and chemistry of electronic technology (page 326)