megabuck
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈmɛɡəˌbʌk/
- Slang
:
millón
- Remember the information that I imparted to you about my imminent megabucks deal in the States?
- megabuck deals
- make megabucks
- spend megabucks
Examples
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They spend a billion megabucks to set this station up.
Fiction book (2001) -
I saw a comment on HuffPost saying Ryan owned part of a family construction business in Florida that has gotten megabucks of government contracts.
Blog text (7) -
All told, we're talking a billion megabuck investment.
Fiction book (2001) -
Christ, she had better feel better, or this trip would be half a megabuck down the toilet.
Fiction book (1991) -
When the banks got all of those megabucks and more...
Blog text (13) -
What I cannot fathom is if big business is doing so poorly; why do the CEOs continue to make megabucks?
Blog text (24) -
They're making megabucks.
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Arum elated on the megabucks to be reaped from De La Hoya's dual heritage within the context of the increasing Latinization of the United States.
Academic text (2013) -
I don't know if they can pry the cash loose—we're talking a good twenty million megabucks—or if they'd just rather not.
Fiction book (2001) -
After winning the lottery, she found herself with several megabucks in her bank account.
Synonyms
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2.0
A large amount of money, especially as earnings or profit
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2.8
A very large amount of money
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4.2
A lot of money that someone earns or gets
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3.3
A large amount of money that is more than you expect
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7.4
A very large amount of money
A very large amount of money
Antonyms
How Much
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2.8
- Slang
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6.1
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1.0
- Informal
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Megabuck comes from the prefix mega- ('very large') and the slang buck ('dollar' or 'money'), so a megabuck means a very large sum of money, often used to mean a million dollars.