megabucks
nounEtymology From mega- + bucks.
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Informal Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
- He is making megabucks with his business venture.
- Years later I went to see The Wall; it was a great show with megabucks spent on the production, but it didn't have that basic essence, there was a lack of theatre.2007, Mike Oldfield, Changeling: The Autobiography, page 81:
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- To anyone observing the state of cinema in 2023, it should be a point of utmost clarity that the might of these megabucks companies can do nothing but crush the smaller people.2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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plural of megabuck
- Derived terms
- megabuck