For example, if an author is paid a modest advance of $ 2000. 00, and their royalty rate is 10 % of a book priced at $ 20. 00-that is, $ 2. 00 per book-the book will need to sell 1000 copies before any further payment will be made.

* A supply of play money, in denominations of $ 100, $ 500, $ 1000, and $ 5000

Solid backs and sides can also contribute to a pleasant sound, although laminated sides and backs are acceptable alternatives, commonly found in mid-level guitars ( in the range of US $ 300 –$ 1000 ).

Converting ¥ 1000 to $ 12 in Tokyo and converting that $ 12 into ¥ 1200 in London, for a profit of ¥ 200, would be arbitrage.

The set started selling on eBay at very high prices, sometimes over $ 300 USD ; As well as fetching over $ 1000 USD in ' New ' condition on websites such as " Amazon. com ".

For example, a company owns $ 1000 of stock in another company that was originally purchased for $ 200.

Fares from North American airports are generally close to $ 1000 but special offers are often available.

Less than 1 % of all runway models are known to make more than $ 1000 dollars USD for every fashion showcase.

By 1992 the cost of typical recorders was down to $ 10 – 12, 000, and in September 1995 Hewlett-Packard introduced its model 4020i manufactured by Philips, which at $ 995 was the first recorder to cost less than $ 1000.

His image appeared on previous series of NT $ 500 and NT $ 1000 notes ; the NT $ 1, $ 5, and $ 10 coins still bear his portrait on the obverse.

It did so by buying a small startup company called Amiga Corporation in August 1984, for $ 25 million ($ 12. 8 million in cash & 550, 000 in common shares ) which became a subsidiary of Commodore, called Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Commodore brought this new 32-bit computer design ( initially codenamed " Lorraine ", later dubbed the Amiga 1000 ) to market in the fall of 1985 for US $ 1295.

The show featured eight a cappella groups from the United States and Puerto Rico vying for the prize of $ 100, 000 and a recording contract with Epic Records / Sony Music.

The award includes a cash prize of € 5, 000 and a Bluetooth Qualification Program voucher ( QDID ) valued at up to US $ 10, 000.

It is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute to carry a US $ 1, 000, 000 prize for the first correct solution.

In 1997 he was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Prize of $ 500, 000, the world's largest single prize for invention and innovation, and the ACM Turing Award.

The Clay Mathematics Institute has offered a $ 1 million USD prize for the first correct proof, along with prizes for six other mathematical problems.

The annual $ 25, 000 prize is administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale.

* Freeman Dyson wins $ 1m religion prize, 9 May 2000

This prime allowed GIMPS to win the $ 100, 000 prize from Electronic Frontier Foundation for discovering a prime with more than 10 million decimal digits.

" The prize was accompanied by a US $ 100, 000 award, which Pei used to create a scholarship for Chinese students to study architecture in the US, on the condition that they return to China to work.

In 1993, Polgár defeated former World Champion Boris Spassky ( pictured here in 1984 ) in an exhibition match winning the largest prize money up to that point of her career of $ 110, 000.

She won the match 5½ – 4½ and won the largest prize money to that point in her career of $ 110, 000.

Polgár won two, drew one and lost one and won $ 12, 000 in prize money.

Polgár finished clear first with 6½ – 2½, winning the $ 20, 000 first place prize money.

The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US $ 1, 000, 000 to eligible applicants who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.

In 2005, James Randi offered her the James Randi Educational Foundation US $ 1 million prize to demonstrate her claims.

A potential world record of was recorded by Iván Pedroso, with a " legal " wind reading also at Sestriere, but the jump was not validated because videotape revealed someone was standing in front of the wind gauge, invalidating the reading ( and costing Pedroso a Ferrari valued at $ 130, 000 -- the prize for breaking the record at that meet ).

In September 2008, mathematicians at UCLA participating in GIMPS won part of a $ 100, 000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for their discovery of a very nearly 13-million-digit Mersenne prime.

The total prize money for the 2011 race was A $ 6, 175, 000, plus trophies valued at $ 125, 000.

The 1985 Melbourne Cup, won by " What a Nuisance ", was the first race run in Australia with prize money of $ 1 million.

First prize: $ 2, 000

In 2011, Philips won a $ 10 million cash prize from the US Department of Energy for winning its L-Prize competition, to produce a high-efficiency, long operating life replacement for a standard 60-W incandescent lightbulb.

At the meeting, Feynman concluded his talk with two challenges, and he offered a prize of $ 1000 for the first individuals to solve each one.

It is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, for which the Clay Mathematics Institute offered a $ 1, 000, 000 prize for the first correct solution.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was $ 5.

Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $ 7. 2 million ($ adjusted for inflation ) at approximately two cents per acre ($ 4. 74 / km² ).

For example, suppose at trial the judge found for the plaintiff and ordered the defendant to pay $ 50, 000.

If, for instance, someone says " I buried $ 100 in the bank ", most people would not think someone used a shovel to dig in the mud.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Angola in June 2006, offering a US $ 9 billion loan for infrastructure improvements in return for petroleum.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US $ 100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises.

In 2001, the other beneficiaries sold their interest in the estate to the Disney Corporation for $ 350m.

* 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $ 15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

* 1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $ 146 million plus $ 50 million for charity.

The original Millennium Challenge Account commitment for $ 235 million had been reduced to about $ 175 million due to Armenia ’ s poor governance record.

During the first 11 months of 2006, the European Union remained Armenia's largest trading partner, accounting for 34. 4 percent of its $ 2. 85 billion commercial exchange during the 11-month period.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

From January – September 2010, bilateral trade with the United States measured approximately $ 150 million, on track for about a 30 percent increase over 2009.

According to the state-owned Armenpress news agency, the average monthly wage in Armenia for the first half of 2007 was 70, 700 drams ( about $ 210 USD ).

In September 2002, the Armenian government handed over Armenia ’ s largest cement factory to the Russian ITERA gas exporter in payment for its $ 10 million debt for past gas deliveries.