- megabucks
- Noun. A huge quantity of money. The term is used despite the expression 'bucks' (money) remaining firmly an Americanism. U.S.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
megabucks
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megabucks — meg‧a‧bucks [ˈmegəbʌks] noun [plural] informal a very large amount of money: • It also means your land is worthless, your credit dries up, and you may owe megabucks. megabucks adjective [only before a noun] : • a megabucks deal * * * … Financial and business terms
Megabucks — is a combination of the prefix mega (meaning million or another large amount) and bucks (meaning dollars), used to denote a large amount of money. It can also refer to: Lottery games in the: Oregon Lottery Wisconsin Lottery Massachusetts Lottery… … Wikipedia
megabucks — (n.) 1946, originally one million dollars, from MEGA (Cf. mega ) in the scientific sense + slang BUCK (Cf. buck) (n.) dollar. A jocular coinage of U.S. scientists working on expensive atomic research … Etymology dictionary
megabucks — ► PLURAL NOUN informal ▪ a huge sum of money … English terms dictionary
megabucks — n. a lot of money; big bucks. (See also kilobucks.) □ A stereo that size ust cost megabucks. □ Mr. Wilson has megabucks in pharmaceutical stocks … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
megabucks — noun Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency). He is making megabucks with his business venture … Wiktionary
megabucks — meg|a|bucks [ˈmegəbʌks] n [plural] informal a very large amount of money ▪ She s earning megabucks now … Dictionary of contemporary English
megabucks — n A lot of money. He made megabucks when he sold his company. 1940s … Historical dictionary of American slang
megabucks — n an enormous amount of money. An Americanism of the 1970s which is now heard elsewhere, including Britain, where bucks remains the suffix although not strictly appropriate. ( Mega was a fashionable prefix of the late 1970s.) He s making… … Contemporary slang
megabucks — a lot of money, thousands of dollars Her personal computer system cost megabucks. It was very expensive … English idioms
megabucks — noun (plural) informal a large amount of money: She s earning megabucks now … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
