megabuck
Americannoun
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one million dollars.
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megabucks, very large sums of money.
noun
Etymology
Origin of megabuck
Example Sentences
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We stopped by a few of these “cities of the dead,” taking in the stately, megabuck monuments, before visiting the haunting, hidden-away Holt Cemetery in the Navarre neighborhood.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2019
"True, there is no megabuck advance," she admits.
From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013
When Tonight show Host Johnny Carson and NBC were battling over his contract in 1979, they hired a retired judge to hear their megabuck dispute behind closed doors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within the Reagan Administration, Budget Director David Stockman and Energy Secretary James B. Edwards are locked in a megabuck battle over the synfuel program.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh—well Rick is going to win a megabuck."
From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John
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