# baht

Pronunciation: say "BAHT" /bɑt/

## Noun

1. Thailand's official unit of currency, made up of 100 satang.
   - Simple: The money used in Thailand, divided into 100 smaller units called satang.
   - _The vendor quoted a price of two hundred baht for the wooden carving._
   - _She withdrew several thousand baht from an ATM near her hotel._
4. A spell or attack of something, such as an illness or a fight. *(dialectal, Yorkshire)*
   - Simple: A short time of something such as an illness, a fight, or other activity.
   - _A sudden baht of fever kept him in bed for three days._
   - _The boxer lost his final baht before retiring from the ring._

## Adverb

2. Without; expressing the absence of something or the state of not having it. *(dialectal, Yorkshire)*
   - Simple: Without, used in some local English speech to mean not having something.
   - _He arrived baht his tools and couldn't finish the job that day._
   - _You'll catch cold walking the lane baht a scarf._

## Preposition

3. About; used to mean approximately, or in connection with something. *(dialectal, Yorkshire)*
   - Simple: About: meaning close to a number, or to do with something.
   - _The whole village turned out, baht two hundred souls in all._
   - _He grumbled baht the weather the entire walk home._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — From Thai บาท (bàat).
**Meaning 2** — A spelling pronunciation of 'but'.
**Meaning 3** — A spelling pronunciation of '(a)bout'.
**Meaning 4** — A spelling pronunciation of 'bout'.

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