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Definition of 'big bucks'

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big bucks

plural noun
If someone earns or spends big bucks, they earn or spend a lot of money.
[US, informal]
Plastic pipe is easy to install, and doing it yourself saves big bucks.
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big bucks in British

plural noun informal, mainly US
1. 
large quantities of money
2. 
the power and influence of people or organizations that control large quantities of money
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I gotta be crazy shelling out big bucks to be starved to death. St. James, Ian FINAL RESORTThe show is already at the top of the ratings; and that, as Micky Swan said, means big bucks. West, Charles STAGE FRIGHT

Trends of 'big bucks'

Used Rarely. big bucks is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of big bucks from the Collins English Dictionary

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The verb be is used as an auxiliary verb and it can also be used as a main verb. See Types of main verb. The verb be is irregular. It has eight different forms: be, am, is, are, was, were, being, bee...
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