Two hundred euros a head for that charity dinner? That'll be a table for ten at two grand and make sure it's adjacent to his competitors so the two of them will raise the stakes at the auction.
2013 April 27, I.M. Beck, “Nothing is nothing”, in Times of Malta[1]:
The thing is, Joseph Muscat is getting reimbursed to the tune of seven grand a year for using his own car instead of the company car.
Demaret told reporter Bob Rule, seeming to imply that Hogan had in fact been given five grand for appearing in Mexico and was bloody well entitled to every peso.
The fans won't want to know about an institution costing the nation a few hundred grand per annum, giving cushy jobs to ex-politicos and cute university men in that elegant upper room in Leinster House if it doesn't deliver the goods.
Each of them had got around fifty lacs rupees. Bobby and Peter paid fifty grand each to Malik from their share which was towards the cost of revolvers.
2014, Herb McCormick, As Long as It 's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey, page 133:
Over Lin's halfhearted objections, they plunked down four grand—more than half their savings—for enough golden timber to build one beautiful boat. “And even if we don't, it will be a good investment,” said Larry. As they sailed out of Singapore, Larry nodded at an inbound Danish freighter.
