top dollar
noun
: the highest amount being paid for a commodity or service
… willing to pay top dollar to get them …—
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And some will be paying top dollar to do so.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
That desire for top dollar has already led MLB teams back to Main Street once before when the company was on shaky ground.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Skydance started selling movies to Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, all of which were suddenly hungry for big movies with big stars and willing to pay top dollar for them.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Boeing Starliner, April NASA paid Boeing top dollar back in 2014 to build a crew vehicle to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS).
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
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Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
That desire for top dollar has already led MLB teams back to Main Street once before when the company was on shaky ground.
—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
Skydance started selling movies to Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, all of which were suddenly hungry for big movies with big stars and willing to pay top dollar for them.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Boeing Starliner, April NASA paid Boeing top dollar back in 2014 to build a crew vehicle to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS).
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Top dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20dollar. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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