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baht

American  
[baht] / bɑt /

noun

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


baht British  
/ bɑːt /

noun

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

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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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It raises the stock’s target price to 120.00 baht from 110.00 baht, with unchanged hold rating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

The brokerage raises the stock’s target price to 44.00 baht from 35.00 baht, with an unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

It raises the stock’s target price to 320.00 baht from 290.00 baht, with the buy rating unchanged.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It raises the stock’s rating to buy from hold and the target price to 125.00 baht from 104.00 baht.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 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

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

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

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