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

Etymology

Origin of baht

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

Example Sentences

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baht bahts

Police seized 35 gold amulets, along with about 1.5kg of gold bars and jewellery, worth an estimated 6.04 million baht, from Punyavee's home.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Police found cash and gold bars worth more than 100 million baht while raiding Phra Wachirayan's residence on Thursday, with counting going on until late into the night, Thai news outlet The Nation reported.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Police believe Punyavee helped Phra Wachirayan manage his embezzled proceeds, noting that tens of millions of baht circulated through her bank accounts each year, The Bangkok Post reported.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The medical aesthetic clinic operator raised its 2026 revenue target to 4.50 billion baht from THB4.15 billion, citing strong cash sales growth in July, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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