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💰 A lot of money 💸 Very expensive
megabuck

megabuck

7.4
Costing or involving about one million dollars
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛɡəˌbʌk/
  • Slang
: costoso
  • They landed a megabuck deal with a major film studio.

Examples

  • He just bought a megabuck mansion in Beverly Hills.

  • The company invested in a megabuck advertising campaign to boost sales.

  • He wore a megabuck designer suit to the award ceremony.

  • That new car is a megabuck investment.

  • The company signed a megabuck contract that secured their future for years to come.

  • Her latest film was a megabuck success, grossing millions at the box office.

  • Investing in that property turned out to be a megabuck opportunity for the investor.

Synonyms

big-ticket
vsmegabuck
15 5.1

Very expensive and costing a lot of money

covers situations where something yields very high profit as well

Antonyms

cheap
∞ 1.0

Costing little money compared with similar things

affordable
307 2.1

Not too expensive for most people to buy

How Expensive

megabuck
  • Slang
7.4
expensive
∞ 1.0
affordable
307 2.1
cheap
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

megabuck positive

Morphology

megabuck = megabuck (transparent) = mega + buck

The adjective is a straightforward attributive use of the noun 'megabuck' without any spelling change.

Etymology

Megabuck as an adjective comes from the same parts, mega- ('very large') and buck ('money'), so calling something megabuck means it costs or earns a very large amount of money and is very expensive or very profitable.