kilobuck

English

Etymology

kilo- +‎ buck

Noun

kilobuck (plural kilobucks)

1. (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.