round figure

He said he hoped Mr Stimpson reached 30,000 boxes "because you've got to finish on a ripe, round figure".

Whatever the source, there is an awkwardly large chasm between that legendary round figure and Gibson’s new documented mark of 238.

"And that, by the way, is another of my nifty little tricks to diddle the customer. Never ask for a big round figure. Always go just below it. Never say one thousand pounds. Always say nine hundred and ninety-nine fifty. It sounds much less but it isn't. Clever, isn't it?"

"I might do it to 20. Twenty sounds like a round figure."

A nice round figure sure, but a total that seems absurdly out of reach.