figures

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

money

Collocates stack¹⁵, clock¹⁰, flip⁵, bitch⁴, steady⁴, -ass³, bout³, digits³, all about², bitch², bust², cat², club², cook², down², ghetto², hoe², hustle², jigga², mad², player², rap², roll with², spitter², thug², weight², yo², Rari, about, all about, ayo, baby mama, baller, ball, block, boo, break off, brick, buck, check, cheese, clap, coke, crack, crew, dope, dough, flip, flossed out, flow, four fifth, fuck with, G, gangsta, gangsta, gat, get your ____ on, ghetto, glock, god, grind, hard, hood, hook-up, hustle, hustler, I'mma, keep it real, kicks, lead, metal, on the grind, peace, peep, platinum, push, rapper, real, represent, roll, scrilla, shady, slip, stack up, stack, step, straight, stress, Swisher, swoll, tall, trap, trip

Etymology from the sense of figures typically modified by a number, as in "The salary was six figures"

Synonyms bank, Benjamin, Benjamin Franklin, blue cheese, bread, broccoli, cabbage, cake, cheddar, cheese, chips, commas, cream, decimals, digits, dinero, dough, ends, feta, fetti, G, gouda, green, guac, guacamole, guap, lettuce, lucci, luchini, mail, pape, paper, papes, root of evil, scrill, scrilla, snaps, trap, yaper

Related concepts long, tall

Timeline

1992-09-22 Showbiz & A.G. "Represent" feat. Big L, D'Shawn, Lord Finesse [Runaway Slave]
I'm out to get bigger, lounge, and make rich figures
1994-04-19 Nas "N.Y. State of Mind" [Illmatic]
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
1994-07-31 Craig Mack "Shinika" [Flava In Ya Ear]
Hangin with my niggas, makin figures

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