Meanings
adjectivemegadollar (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a million dollars or more.
There is no sound of megadollar derivatives transactions being finessed by conference call. Mr. Duncker retired young at 43 in 2001 from Goldman Sachs & Company, which he joined straight out of Northwestern University in 1982.
2008 February 29, Robin Finn, “Letting His Racing Colors Show”, in New York Times
nounmegadollar (plural megadollars)
plural megadollars
- The sum of a million dollars (or any comparably large amount of money).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Hellenic*mégas
- Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
- Englishmega-
- Proto-Germanic*dalą
- Proto-West Germanic*dal
- Old High Germantal
- Middle High Germantal
- GermanTal
- GermanTaler
- Middle Low Germandāler
- Dutchdaler
- Englishdollar
- Englishmegadollar
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APA
megadollar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadollar
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“megadollar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadollar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megadollar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megadollar.
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