big bucks

big bucks

plural noun Slang.
a large amount of money.
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big bucks
 
pl n
1.  large quantities of money
2.  the power and influence of people or organizations that control large quantities of money

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big bucks definition


  1. n.
    a lot of money. (See also megabucks.) : She gets paid big bucks to worry about stuff like that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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big bucks

A great deal of money, as in A swimming poolthat means you're spending big bucks. Buck has been slang for "dollar" since the mid-1800s. [Slang; second half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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