chunk of change

noun

A significant amount of money.

Meanings

nounchunk of change (plural chunks of change)

plural chunks of change

  1. informalA significant amount of money.

    Further, society in the form of the converting or packaging operation is usually not capable of absorbing very large chunks of change.

    2012, Roger C. Griffin, Principles of Package Development, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Let's say, for example, that you arrive home late (again) because you had an important piece of business to finish that will add a nice chunk of change to your bank account.

    2009, Scott Haltzman, The Secrets of Happy Families, →ISBN

    “The idea was, if you put in a chunk of change, you can stand up a new sector,” says jones, who had founded an advocacy group called Green For All that had called for a Green New Deal.

    2013, Michael Grunwald, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era, →ISBN

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