big buckadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbɪɡ bʌk/, U.S.

/ˈbɪɡ ˌbək/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., buck n.⁸

Etymology: < big adj. + buck n.⁸ Compare earlier big money adj., big money n.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A. adj. (attributive).

Usually in plural and with hyphen. = big money adj.

ΚΠ

1938 Chicago Tribune 25 May ii. 17/6 Yeah, Al and Harry..and me run the works. And we're going to put Henry into the big buck class.

1970 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. I. 406/2 He's in the big buck bracket.

1989 A. Beattie Picturing Will ii. xvi. 159 The good life, minus the person who make the money to buy the good life—the big-bucks businessman husband who commuted to New York.

2005 New Yorker 18 Apr. 50/2 Clive Cussler's franchise novel..gets the big-bucks treatment.

B. n.

In plural = big money n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum

pounda1225

ransom?a1300

fother14..

gob1542

mint1579

king's ransomc1590

abomination1604

coda1680

a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710

plunk1767

big money1824

pot1856

big one?1863

a small fortune1874

four figures1893

poultice1902

parcel1903

bundle1905

pretty1909

real money1918

stack1919

packet1922

heavy sugar1926

motza1936

big bucks1941

bomb1958

wedge1977

megadollars1980

squillion1986

bank1995

1941 N. Alley I Witness v. 43 Looks like I'm up in the big bucks at last.

1975 Forbes 1 July 26 They could afford big bucks for advertising and theater rentals and still come out way ahead.

1986 Los Angeles Times 19 May v. 1/3 Neither government was behind it, nor were there any sponsors, angels, captains of commerce or industry, no big bucks or big francs flowing from anywhere or anybody.

2006 Washington Post 17 Jan. c7/5 The value of the WB network is..the possibility that all those shows may become eligible for syndication, overseas sales and other back-end deals, where the big bucks can be found.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	big buck
释义	big buckadj.n. Brit. /ˈbɪɡ bʌk/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡ ˌbək/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: big adj., buck n.⁸ Etymology: < big adj. + buck n.⁸ Compare earlier big money adj., big money n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A. adj. (attributive). Usually in plural and with hyphen. = big money adj. ΚΠ 1938 Chicago Tribune 25 May ii. 17/6 Yeah, Al and Harry..and me run the works. And we're going to put Henry into the big buck class. 1970 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. I. 406/2 He's in the big buck bracket. 1989 A. Beattie Picturing Will ii. xvi. 159 The good life, minus the person who make the money to buy the good life—the big-bucks businessman husband who commuted to New York. 2005 New Yorker 18 Apr. 50/2 Clive Cussler's franchise novel..gets the big-bucks treatment. B. n. In plural = big money n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > large sum pounda1225 ransom?a1300 fother14.. gob1542 mint1579 king's ransomc1590 abomination1604 coda1680 a pretty (also fine, fair, etc.) penny1710 plunk1767 big money1824 pot1856 big one?1863 a small fortune1874 four figures1893 poultice1902 parcel1903 bundle1905 pretty1909 real money1918 stack1919 packet1922 heavy sugar1926 motza1936 big bucks1941 bomb1958 wedge1977 megadollars1980 squillion1986 bank1995 1941 N. Alley I Witness v. 43 Looks like I'm up in the big bucks at last. 1975 Forbes 1 July 26 They could afford big bucks for advertising and theater rentals and still come out way ahead. 1986 Los Angeles Times 19 May v. 1/3 Neither government was behind it, nor were there any sponsors, angels, captains of commerce or industry, no big bucks or big francs flowing from anywhere or anybody. 2006 Washington Post 17 Jan. c7/5 The value of the WB network is..the possibility that all those shows may become eligible for syndication, overseas sales and other back-end deals, where the big bucks can be found. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1938
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