Benjamins
Britishplural noun
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hundred-dollar bills
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money
Etymology
Origin of Benjamins
C21: after Benjamin Franklin , whose image appears on this denomination of bill
Example Sentences
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Proving above all it’s less about the product and all about the Benjamins.
From Los Angeles Times
She was filming as Kane, 40, pulled a slimy safe out of a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and extracted bags of waterlogged Benjamins from inside it.
From Seattle Times
Though money helped grease the skids, the entire experience wasn’t about the Benjamins.
From Salon
But spending the extra Benjamins is pretty easy to justify.
From Seattle Times
It’s all about the Benjamins — $810 million worth, to be exact.
From Los Angeles Times
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