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big money

noun

: a lot of money
She was earning big money as a lawyer.

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Don’t make big money moves You typically will be advised not to move large amounts of money out of joint accounts, take on new debts or buy or sell property. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025 Saturdays give us four Florida Lottery big money draw games — Florida Lotto, Powerball, Fantasy 5, Cash4Life — and this Saturday gave us big winners from Miami-Dade, Broward and Indian River County. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Nov. 2025 For those willing to spend big money and test new technology, Meta and Luxottica also rolled out the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses in September. Jaures Yip,kif Leswing,annie Palmer,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025 Throughout the day and into the evening, the pair exchanged big money and big promises. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big money

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“Big money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20money. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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