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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These Best Buy Deals are here to save you some big bucks today. PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025 All of us should reject a proposal that negatively impacts a resource the public paid – and pays – to protect while a private out-of-state corporation makes big bucks. John W. Suthers, Denver Post, 30 July 2025 Meta has been shelling out big bucks to recruit top AI talent away from rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Apple for its new Meta Superintelligence Labs team. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 30 July 2025 Nate Morris is already spending big bucks on his 2026 U.S. Senate campaign — with 10 months to go until the primary election. Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 8 July 2025 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 21 Aug. 2025.

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