Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for baht. Search instead for bahts.

baht

American  
[baht] / bɑt /

noun

plural

bahts, baht

  1. a paper money and monetary unit of Thailand, equal to 100 satangs.

baht British  
/ bɑːt /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Thailand, divided into 100 satang

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of baht

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

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Shares last closed 1.6% lower at 157 baht.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It lowers the stock’s target price to 22.00 baht from 23.00 baht with an unchanged buy rating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Fishers in Thailand benefit from tax-exempt diesel, known as "green oil", which cost less than 20 baht per litre before the war in the Middle East broke out on February 28.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

It now costs 35 baht and is increasingly hard to find.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 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

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.