big-ticket
[big-tik-it]
- costing a great deal; expensive: fur coats and other big-ticket items.
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Origin of big-ticket
First recorded in 1940–45
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costlyfancyhighlavishvaluableextravagantoverpricedpriceyupscaledearexcessiveexorbitantholdupimmoderateinordinateinvaluableplushposhrichritzyExamples from the Web for big-ticket
Contemporary Examples
Sales of big-ticket items like cars and homes are up sharply as well.
Not a single legislative compromise has taken shape, especially on the big-ticket issues like the budget and taxes.
On the big-ticket items, we are largely at the mercy of the culture.
The club allowed each member to purchase a big-ticket item that would otherwise have been out of reach.
As a growing number of Chinese make their way into the middle class, a car is often their first big-ticket purchase.
big-ticket
- (prenominal) (of retail goods) belonging to the most expensive and prestigious class
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