Chiefly in plural. A large sum of money, frequently contrasted with penny, shilling, or †mark (obsolete).

A sum of money, esp. a large one, such as one might pay as a punitive fine or as a payment for the return of a hostage (cf. sense 4a); a fortune. Cf…

Used for an enormous quantity, a ‘cart-load’ of gold or money.

A large sum of money; esp. in gob of money, †gob of gold. Now chiefly U.S. colloquial.

Chiefly with of. A quantity of money coined; a vast sum of money. Frequently to make (also lose,etc.) a mint (of money). Also (in extended use)…

The sum or price paid or demanded for the release of a prisoner or hostage, or for the restoration of captured property. Also in extended use.

colloquial. A disagreeably large amount (of money). Obsolete. rare.

A purse or wallet; (slang) a (large) sum of money. Obsolete.

a pretty (also fine, fair,etc.) penny: a considerable gain, profit, or sum of money.

slang. A large sum; a fortune. Obsolete. rare.

A large amount of money; esp. a large profit; a high salary.

colloquial. A large sum of money. More fully pot(s) of money (cf. sense 2a).

Originally and chiefly U.S. A large sum of money, esp. one thousand (occasionally one million) dollars or (British) pounds; a note of large…

Position as determined by wealth; amount of wealth; concrete a person's possessions collectively, wealth, ‘substance’; †formerly also plural in…

i.e. an amount of one thousand pounds or over.

Australian slang. A (large) sum of money; esp. a bribe. Also: a large bet (now rare).

slang. A large amount of money gained or lost. Cf. packet, n. 1g.

(See quot. 1922.) So in to go a (or the) bundle on: to bet much money on; figurative to be very fond of. slang (originally U.S.).

Originally and chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). A large but unspecified sum of money. Cf. a pretty penny at penny, n. phrases 1c.

colloquial. A significant amount of money.

figurative. A quantity, a ‘pile’, esp. (elliptical) a pile of money. Also in plural and as adverb. colloquial (originally U.S.).

colloquial (chiefly British). A large sum of money.

‘big money’ (see sugar, n. 2c).

A great deal of money, a fortune; a lucrative or profitable situation.

In plural = big money, n.

A large sum of money. slang.

A wad of bank notes; hence, (a significant amount of) money. Cf. sense 3b above. slang (originally Criminals').

In plural: an extremely large amount of money.

elliptical for ‘a squillion dollars (pounds, etc.)’; a very large amount of money.

U.S. colloquial. Without article: large amounts of money; a fortune. Frequently to make bank.