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big bucks
plural noun
- a large amount of money.
big bucks
plural noun
- large quantities of money
- the power and influence of people or organizations that control large quantities of money
Idioms and Phrases
A great deal of money, as in A swimming pool—that means you're spending big bucks. Buck has been slang for “dollar” since the mid-1800s. [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
Team owners donate big bucks to elected officials, sometimes in hopes of favors, including government subsidies for new stadiums.
Some might have been wary of spending big bucks in uncertain economic times.
In fact, all the oligarchs are ponying up big bucks for that event.
Traditional TV networks often are willing to pay big bucks to keep live games, one of the few things that can still get a huge number of people to tune in at a specific time.
Walt Disney Co. is banking on winning over more vacationers like Stein, and it’s spending big bucks to do so.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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