top dollar
the maximum amount being or likely to be paid: to pay top dollar for the jewelry.
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How to use top dollar in a sentence
The two sides failed to reach an extension, and the Pacers didn’t seem inclined to pay top dollar to retain him in free agency after two injury-plagued seasons.
James Harden is a winner and a loser of the Nets’ blockbuster trade | Ben Golliver | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostOver the past several years, utility giant Georgia Power has embarked on an unusual buying spree, paying top dollar for people’s property in places where cheap land was easy to find.
A Power Company’s Quiet Land-Buying Spree Could Shield It From Coal Ash Cleanup Costs | by Max Blau for Georgia Health News | November 24, 2020 | ProPublicaLower than usual inventory and favorable mortgage rates have meant that in many markets across the country, sellers are receiving top dollar for their homes.
Even in a seller’s market if you want top dollar for your home, you may have to invest in improvements.
What to know before selling your home in fall, winter 2020 | Khalil Alexander El-Ghoul | October 11, 2020 | Washington BladeIn fact, paying top dollar for a netminder may not help at all.
An Expensive Goalie Is Not Your Ticket To The Stanley Cup | Julian McKenzie | September 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
So people are essentially paying top dollar to look, like you said, “alternative.”
Chloe Sevigny on ‘The Cosmopolitans,’ New York’s Frat Boy Takeover, and ‘Asshole’ Michael Alig | Marlow Stern | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAccording to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, revelers were shelling out top dollar for their costumes that year, too.
The Most Popular Halloween Costumes Through the Years: 1985-2013 | Kevin Fallon | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether a world leader can command top dollar also depends on the global economy.
British Dictionary definitions for top dollar
informal the highest level of payment
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Other Idioms and Phrases with top dollar
The highest price, as in They'll have to pay top dollar at that resort. [Second half of 1900s]
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