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top dollar

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. the maximum amount being or likely to be paid.

    to pay top dollar for the jewelry.


top dollar British  

noun

  1. informal the highest level of payment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

top dollar Idioms  
  1. The highest price, as in They'll have to pay top dollar at that resort. [Second half of 1900s]


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Now visitors organize their trips around big-ticket events—and pay top dollar for everything else while they are in town.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Sam commanded top dollar as an Olympic-licensed property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

But the Padres sale indicates that buyers are willing to pay top dollar for baseball clubs even with a strike threat.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

The owner said, ‘Only at top dollar and as is.’

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

Some of his former patients were extremely angry because they had paid good money, top dollar for "real" medicines, but were given only flour and water.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon

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