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Big money
Answer for the clue "Big money ", 9 letters:
megabucks
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Word definitions for megabucks in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" [syn: pile , bundle , big bucks , big money ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ It's costing me megabucks to get the car fixed. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But she won't let her megabucks prize change her life ... it's only worth £160.30p.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1946, originally "one million dollars," from mega- in the scientific sense + slang buck (n.) "dollar." A jocular coinage of U.S. scientists working on expensive atomic research.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context informal English) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency). 2 (plural of megabuck English)
Usage examples of megabucks.
I'm going to let Project Porcupine spend megabucks like waterbut I've got to justify it to directors and stockholders.
If I run it into the ground, the courts will boost me out I’m going to let Project Porcupine spend megabucks like water—but I’ve got to justify it to directors and stockholders.
If I run it into the ground, the courts will boost me out I'm going to let Project Porcupine spend megabucks like water -- but I've got to justify it to directors and stockholders.
That could well be where those megabucks spent on the West End came from.