money to burn

noun

Much more money than one needs.

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Meanings

nounmoney to burn (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableMuch more money than one needs.

    They have probably sold their business to the likes of IBM and now have money to burn.

    2010, J. B. Loewen, Money Magnet: How to Attract Investors to Your Business, →ISBN
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    You're 20-something years old, you've got your own house, different cars, money to burn.

    2005, Frederick John Desroches, The Crime that Pays: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Canada, →ISBN, page 89

    For many young adults, if there is money to burn, it does not stay in their possession for long.

    2008, Dara Duguay, Please Send Money: A Financial Survival Guide for Young Adults on Their Own, →ISBN, page 22
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