megapenny

plural megapennies

1. humorousA million cents. ($10,000)

   Or megapenny ($10,000) and nanoacre (for measuring chip sizes).

   1997, Gene Wirchenko, Re: New IEC proposal: 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes, alt.folklore.computers (January 10, 1997)

   2 more examples

   If I could, there would probably be dozens of large software corporations banging on my door, offering 20 megapennies a year, company cars, ...

   2005, 'holatuwol', Forum post, forums.kingdomofloathing.com (February 19, 2005)

   In addition, [the computer] should not cost more than one “Megapenny” ($10,000 at the time).

   2020, Philippe Darche, Microprocessor 1

2. humorousAn indefinite amount of money, implied to be large.

   Not a penny, but megapennies!!! ....

   1998, Greg Bennett and David C. Cox, Top Ten Harris Lies, "Harrisment" (February 1998)

   4 more examples

   A megapenny for your thoughts, please.

   1992, 'Stinger51', IE vs. NS (philosophy question), phpbuilder.com (October 11, 2002)

   ... without resorting to shelling out megapennies.

   2004, 'holatuwol', Re: What is causing this phenomena?, "MoonRomance" (June 10, 2004)

   And any billionaire who's worried about losing that megapenny really ought to take up a hobby, like maybe horse riding.

   2005, Phil Hampton, re: Billionaire’s Money Question, Dilbert Blog (December 20, 2005)

   No. 7: .... Settle out of court for many, many megapennies.

   2006, mbhunter, Ten unconventional uses for the penny, Mighty Bargain Hunter (August 20, 2006)