Examples of baht in a Sentence
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At the higher end of the spectrum is the Seal, promising 580 kilometers (about 360 miles) on a charge and costing nearly 1.6 million baht (about $44,000).
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Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
The project, seen by some analysts as a ‘fiscal trap’, has been a source of heated debate and scrutiny in Thailand, with the government agreeing to shoulder the full construction cost of $5 billion (179 billion baht) for the first building phase, reported Reuters.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Thailand has won commitments worth more than 150 billion baht ($4.2 billion) from Chinese and Japanese investors to develop their EV supply chains in the country, according to the prime minister’s office.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The latest scheme, which starts this year, offers subsidies of up to 100,000 Thai baht ($2,836) per car and will run through 2027.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 2 Feb. 2024
The baht erased earlier gains to fall as much as 0.3% to 34.92 per dollar, while most major Asian currencies were up versus the dollar.
—Time, 12 July 2023
The new package is less generous than previous offerings, which ran up to 150,000 Thai baht ($4,255) per car.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 2 Feb. 2024
Tapping into agritech is part of a forward-looking strategy for the 44-year-old petrochemicals company, which has a market capitalization of almost 1 trillion baht ($28 billion).
—Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Thailand’s central bank raised its policy rate to the highest in nearly a decade in a bid to mitigate the risks of stronger inflation due to the government’s stimulus plans and the baht’s recent weakening.
—Kosaku Narioka, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
The project, seen by some analysts as a ‘fiscal trap’, has been a source of heated debate and scrutiny in Thailand, with the government agreeing to shoulder the full construction cost of $5 billion (179 billion baht) for the first building phase, reported Reuters.
—Heather Chen, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Thailand has won commitments worth more than 150 billion baht ($4.2 billion) from Chinese and Japanese investors to develop their EV supply chains in the country, according to the prime minister’s office.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The latest scheme, which starts this year, offers subsidies of up to 100,000 Thai baht ($2,836) per car and will run through 2027.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 2 Feb. 2024
The baht erased earlier gains to fall as much as 0.3% to 34.92 per dollar, while most major Asian currencies were up versus the dollar.
—Time, 12 July 2023
The new package is less generous than previous offerings, which ran up to 150,000 Thai baht ($4,255) per car.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 2 Feb. 2024
Tapping into agritech is part of a forward-looking strategy for the 44-year-old petrochemicals company, which has a market capitalization of almost 1 trillion baht ($28 billion).
—Catherine Wang, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Thailand’s central bank raised its policy rate to the highest in nearly a decade in a bid to mitigate the risks of stronger inflation due to the government’s stimulus plans and the baht’s recent weakening.
—Kosaku Narioka, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
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Etymology
Thai bàad
First Known Use
1840, in the meaning defined above
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“Baht.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baht. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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