fat
- adjective
- /fæt/
- Informal
- Yet they were looking for investors who wanted a fat return and wouldn't ask too many questions.
- big fat commission
So here's this guy that's got a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.
- So here's this guy that's got a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.
- I slept those two weeks away and then got a fat check.
Examples
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So here's this guy that's got a big fat wad of cash in his pocket.
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I can write you a big fat check.
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Not when they want me back in a nice fat job at a nice fat bank.
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Let's make some big fat cash.
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What you're really doing is putting your money into some fat Wall Street company as an investment for them.
Fiction book (2001) -
This is not just any pay cut, this is a big fat Marks and Spencer's pay cut.
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Duke offered me an assistant professorship, with a fat salary and a lab of my own.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hey, do we cash a fat check for Everett Skyler?
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Costello approaches Charlie on the dais, handing him a fat envelope for the Don.
Fiction book (1991) -
I can offer you a big, fat contract for this project.
Synonyms
An offer or deal that gives a lot of money
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Compounds
- Offensive
An informal name for a place where people stay to lose weight by diet and exercise
An electric kitchen machine that cooks food by putting it completely in hot oil
- Specialized
When fat enters the blood and blocks a blood vessel after a broken bone
- Specialized
A yellow, greasy material from sheep's wool used in creams and skin products
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Etymology
Fat for money or a job uses the idea of 'plenty' or 'large', so a 'fat' bonus or contract is one that gives a lot of money.