thank-you
expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
an expression of thanks, as by saying “thank you”: I never got so much as a thank-you for helping him.
Origin of thank-you
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How to use thank-you in a sentence
Harry even recorded a videoed thank-you message to the people of Brazil.
Prince Harry Should Be King: The Royal Family’s Ace Card | Tim Teeman | June 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you smoked Colombian weed in the 1970s and 1980s, I owe you a thank-you card.
Things like handwritten thank-you notes, rolltop desks, and tennis whites.
A Breast Cancer Alphabet: F Is For Fashion Accessories | Madhulika Sikka | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe taps his foot and rests his head on the wall behind him, which is overflowing with thumb-tacked thank-you cards.
Better Call Rosemarie! Meet the Lawyer Suing Christie Over Bridgegate | Olivia Nuzzi | January 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe recreation therapy department afterward sent the club a thank-you note.
At one of the thank-you-marms in the road the sick man stopped, like a weary horse, to breathe.
The Landlord at Lion's Head, Complete | William Dean HowellsThe trees were stripped bare of leaves, the ground was hard, and the wagon wheels rattled noisily over the thank-you-ma'ams.
New Chronicles of Rebecca | Kate Douglas WigginIt was a “thank-you-ma'am” in the middle of the road that caused Arabella's angry speech to end in a little shriek.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times | Amy BrooksAnd then, when they are ready to go back to their villas or hotel, take his motor-boat without a thank-you.
The Place of Honeymoons | Harold MacGrathI meant this to be just a short little thank-you note—but when I get started I seem to have a ready pen.
Daddy Long-Legs | Jean Webster
British Dictionary definitions for thank you
a conventional expression of gratitude
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