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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
A buck fifty?
I know that when you say "one fifty", it can mean $1.50, $150, $150,000, or even $150 million, depending on context.
Does the same apply to "a buck fifty"?
Can it mean, say, $150,000 or even $150 million?
Does the same apply to "a buck fifty"?
Can it mean, say, $150,000 or even $150 million?
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Rover is right, as always, for normal contexts. But it might mean higher numbers if, say, two Hollywood real estate agents are talking about house prices. A million five (1,500,000), one and a half million, one point five million, might be jokingly expressed as "a buck fifty".
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enoonBut it might mean higher numbers if, say, two Hollywood real estate agents are talking about house prices. A million five (1,500,000), one and a half million, one point five million, might be jokingly expressed as "a buck fifty".So you're basically saying that "one fifty" and "a buck fifty" could mean the same thing as long as the right context is given,
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Rover and enoon are both right...
And in slang, "a buck fifty" could be someone's weight (150 lbs.)
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And in slang, "a buck fifty" could be someone's weight (150 lbs.)
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JungKimSo you're basically saying that "one fifty" and "a buck fifty" could mean the same thing as long as the right context is given, right?No, now that you mention it. "One fifty" is never used to mean $1.50, in my dialect, anyway. Even I think it should be. But it isn't. It's a dollar fifty or a buck fifty. For some reason, it becomes possible when the dol
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Yes. In real estate lingo a buck thirty to a buck fifty per acre means 130,000 to $150,000.... in higher markets it could mean 1.3 mil.....
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