Meanings
- informalCollectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
He is making megabucks with his business venture.
2 more examples
Years later I went to see The Wall; it was a great show with megabucks spent on the production, but it didn't have that basic essence, there was a lack of theatre.
2007, Mike Oldfield, Changeling: The Autobiography, page 81To anyone observing the state of cinema in 2023, it should be a point of utmost clarity that the might of these megabucks companies can do nothing but crush the smaller people.
2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - pluralplural of megabuck
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Hellenic*mégas
- Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
- Englishmega-
- Englishbucks
- Englishmegabucks
Cite this entry
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