baht
Americannoun
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bahts,
plural
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baht
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of baht
1820–30; < Thai bà:t, earlier, a measure of weight, ultimately < Pali pāda foot
Example Sentences
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The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 30.00 baht from 26.00 baht with an unchanged reduce rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
They expect the airport operator’s 3Q net profit to contract by 17.3% on year and 44.1% on quarter to 3.2 billion baht, partly due to declining passengers amid the Middle East conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 12.50 baht from 8.50 baht with unchanged buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It lifts Kasikornbank’s 2026-2027 earnings forecasts by 6%, and raises the stock’s target price to 250.00 baht from 200.00 baht with unchanged buy rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Vell, I vuz goink to do a pic yestooday baht veil, dey vanted me to staht ad seven—”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
One foreign contractor who did just that was dumfounded when the Thai official calmly replied, "Oh, no, I dropped my wallet with 150,000 bahts in it."
From Time Magazine Archive
All over the world, English-language newspapers comfort American tourists, help teach native students and rake in local advertisers' bahts, cruzeiros, dinars, pesos, rupees and yen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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