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title: "band · GenZ Decoded"
description: "band: A unit of money in slang, usually a thousand dollars, named for the paper band around a bundle of cash. Example: \"She dropped a band on those tickets.\""
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# band

Millennial[#money](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/money/)

**Meaning.** A unit of money in slang, usually a thousand dollars, named for the paper band around a bundle of cash.

See it in a sentence

She dropped a band on those tickets.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [bag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bag/),[guap](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/guap/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    band,[rack](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/rack/)

- Gen X

    [bank](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bank/)

- Boomer

    [bread](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bread/)

- Plain English

    unit of money in slang, usually a thousand dollars, named for the paper band around a bundle of cash

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- [How every generation says money](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/money/)

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## Related slang

- [stacks on stacks](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/stacks-on-stacks/): An emphatic way of saying an enormous amount of money, piled up beyond counting. Used to boast about wealth rather than to name a figure.
- [bag](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bag/): A large sum of money or a big financial win.
- [bank](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bank/): A large amount of money or earnings.
- [bread](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bread/): Money.

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