big one

American  

noun

Slang.

1. a one-thousand-dollar bill or the sum of one thousand dollars.

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Etymology

Origin of big one

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

“That’s a type of hybrid computing. We’ve got CPUs, GPUs, and the next big one will be quantum processing units.”

From Barron's

The answer to such a looming emergency, however, isn’t to sit out every fight until the big one.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such a posture would make the big one more likely.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then I got up and made breakfast, a big one, pan bread and all.

From Literature

He won six races, then the big one, the three-hundred-mile race, and $500.

From Literature