big money

noun

: a lot of money

She was earning big money as a lawyer.

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Next year The 2025-26 season is the first of two campaigns in which all three of Curry, Butler and Green will be on the books for big money. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 The Lakers could go into restricted free agency with Williams in 2026 and maintain some cap flexibility to add to the group before having to pay him big money (if his play brings that). —

Zach Harper, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025 In Wednesday’s Florida Lottery big money drawings — Florida Lotto, Fantasy 5, Cash4Life, Powerball — only one jackpot won and it was split between Miami-Dade locations about four miles apart. —

David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 Amazon and other streamers are putting big money and production values behind the most epic of Biblical stories, and the fruits of that labor are finally paying off. —

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