Historically, a "brique" used to be a million of anciens Francs (old Francs), then converted to 10 000 nouveaux Francs (new Francs) in 1960.
Since the switch to euro, I think the most commonly accepted value of one "brique" is (unofficially) 10 000 €, but the uncertainty makes it basically useless.
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I guess the french equivalent of kilobucks would be briques (bricks)
Historically, a "brique" used to be a million of anciens Francs (old Francs), then converted to 10 000 nouveaux Francs (new Francs) in 1960.
Since the switch to euro, I think the most commonly accepted value of one "brique" is (unofficially) 10 000 €, but the uncertainty makes it basically useless.
See also the classic french movie: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_cent_briques,_t%27as_plus......
I can't recall I've heard "brique" used since the switch to € but it might just be my local bubble
If you were born before WWII, yes.
(The only person I know that still used «briques» in these decades were my grand parents born in the 1920th)
I still use « briques », typically « 10 briques » instead of « 100 k ». I think there is some poetry in sticking to the old obsolete term.
because of the metric system?