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BIG BUCKS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does big bucks mean?
• BIG BUCKS (noun)
The noun BIG BUCKS has 1 sense:
1. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Familiarity information: BIG BUCKS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
big bucks; big money; bundle; megabucks; pile
Context example:
they sank megabucks into their new house
Hypernyms ("big bucks" is a kind of...):
money (wealth reckoned in terms of money)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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