big buck

noun

: a large sum of money
usually used in plural
signed a contract for big bucks

Examples of big buck in a Sentence

I hear she's been offered big bucks to take that job
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Because while Purdy hasn’t been paid the big bucks just yet — that money is merely earmarked for the quarterback — this team has been built around him. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 Coming off an armful of big Emmy wins earlier this month, Baby Reindeer and Netflix took a big hit today as a federal judge ruled the big bucks defamation case against the dark comedy and the streamer will go forward. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 Perhaps the mood would have been different if any of Murillo’s admirers had produced the big bucks to lure away the Brazilian centre-half who won Forest’s player of the year award last season and would have cost more than £60million ($77m). Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024 The Packers bucked a league trend and paid him big bucks in free agency. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for big buck 

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of big buck was in 1941

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“Big buck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20buck. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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