baht

American  

[baht] / bɑt /

noun

• bahts,
  plural
• baht
  plural

1. a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.

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baht British  

/ bɑːt /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Thailand, divided into 100 satang

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• baht
  plural
• bahts
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of baht

1820–30; < Thai bà:t, earlier, a measure of weight, ultimately < Pali pāda foot

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

baht bahts

Hence, the brokerage projects subdued cash collections of 14.4 billon baht, 14.8 billion baht, and 15.5 billion baht in 2026, 2027, and 2028, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

However, the brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 125.00 baht from 111.00 baht to partly reflect a valuation rollover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It raises the stock’s target price to 23.80 baht from 21.00 baht to reflect a valuation roll-over, with unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"But the money from both streams did not enter the temple's account. Not a single baht," lead police investigator Pattanasak Bupphasuwan told a news conference, according to reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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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