big buck

noun

: a large sum of money

—usually used in plural

signed a contract for big bucks

Examples of big buck in a Sentence

I hear she's been offered big bucks to take that job

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Because while Purdy hasn’t been paid the big bucks just yet — that money is merely earmarked for the quarterback — this team has been built around him. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 Coming off an armful of big Emmy wins earlier this month, Baby Reindeer and Netflix took a big hit today as a federal judge ruled the big bucks defamation case against the dark comedy and the streamer will go forward. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2024 Perhaps the mood would have been different if any of Murillo’s admirers had produced the big bucks to lure away the Brazilian centre-half who won Forest’s player of the year award last season and would have cost more than £60million ($77m). —

Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024 The Packers bucked a league trend and paid him big bucks in free agency. —

Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for big buck