Definition of megabuck in US English:
megabuck
noun ˈmeɡəˌbəkˈmɛɡəˌbəkˈmɛɡəˌbək
usually megabucksinformal 1A million dollars.
Example sentencesExamples
- When he agreed to the merger, international oil majors were lining up to pay megabucks for participation.
- And most of the CEOs who had megabucks would have been in the top one-tenth of 1 percent.
- At issue is a megabuck Pentagon jet deal that could go a long way toward shoring up Boeing's bottom line.
- I don't think the Bears should pay him megabucks, but he certainly deserves more than the $425,000 he's scheduled to make this season.
- Since then, his book has spent 15 weeks at number one over here, and there have been two megabucks American book deals and a reputed $6.3 million film deal.
- 1.1 A huge sum of money.
he has been earning megabucks for decades
as modifier megabuck salaries
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Players in megabucks tournaments might have great ability in one area, whereas the players on tour have great ability in all areas,’ he says.
- You're misinformed if you think teaching earns megabucks!
- Stephen Franks has just mentioned, and I agree with him entirely, that we have huge documents that cost megabucks to provide - and no one reads them, and no one has much regard for them when making investment decisions.
- How the small-time actors feel about the gulf that separates them from megastars who make megabucks is not discussed.
- Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks?
- Booth space costs megabucks and no company is going to commit to that sort of investment without knowing for sure what they're going to be buying into.
- Coming back home, he eschewed collegiate bowling in favor of tournament play, moving onto the megabucks circuit in 1997.
- The former Ranger has flirted with playing in Japan because he can't find the multiyear, megabucks deal he seeks.
- What's novel this year is the intensity of the effort and the megabucks being spent.