bundle
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈbʌndl/
- Informal
:
fortuna
- Millunzi sighed and lifted the cash drawer, showing three bundles of twenties in bank wrappers.
There is no box of passports, there are no huge bundles of money, no guns.
- There is no box of passports, there are no huge bundles of money, no guns.
- And they loved it because you know when you ain't got bundles of money, you make do with the best you can.
- Imagine this, you trade in those smaller, not so flashy properties for a bundle of cash and then splurge on a bigger and better real estate deal.
Examples
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Save a bundle of money.
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I'm gonna make a bundle selling them at school.
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No, you did, and you made a bundle doing it.
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All while making a big bundle of cash, I might add.
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Money was no problem since I had saved a bundle living with Byron for those seven long years.
Fiction book (1992) -
We won a bundle.
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That's not to mention the bundles of money tourists spend in the increasingly popular vacation destination.
Academic text (2006) -
Concentrate instead on thick bundles of crisp pound notes, 170,000 of them in cash, tax free.
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But the baskets, suitcases and bags that they carried were overflowing with loose banknotes and stacked bundles of money.
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They made a huge bundle from the sale of their successful startup.
Synonyms
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2.0
A large amount of money, especially as earnings or profit
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4.3
A sum of money given as a prize or for a specific purpose
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4.2
A lot of money that someone earns or gets
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7.1
A large amount of money
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7.4
A very large amount of money
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of heart fibers that carry signals from the AV node to ventricles, making them contract
- Specialized
Muscle fibers in the heart that send electrical signals from the upper heart to lower chambers so they contract
- Specialized
A group of tubes in stems and leaves that carry water and food and give support
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Bundle used for money comes from the same picture of things packed together; people long ago would wrap banknotes or goods into a thick package or 'bundle'. That's why saying someone 'made a bundle' means they earned a large amount of money, as if they have a heavy package of cash.