Definition

Noun: * An informal term for an extremely large amount of money, often implying wealth, a high price, or a large financial investment or profit. It suggests a sum that is impressive, substantial, or beyond the ordinary.

Usage

"Megabucks" is a slang noun used to emphasize a vast quantity of money. It is typically used in informal contexts, such as in conversation or journalism, to discuss large salaries, profits, costs, or investments. It is not used for precise accounting.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The startup's founders earned megabucks when the company went public.
  • That luxury yacht must have cost megabucks.
  • You need megabucks to buy a house in this neighborhood.

Advanced Usage

• "to sink/spend/invest megabucks into something": To spend or invest a very large amount of money in a project or item.
  • The studio sank megabucks into the production of the special effects for the film.

Variants and Related Words

• Megabuck (adj, informal): Used attributively to describe something involving or costing a vast amount of money.
  • It was a megabuck deal that changed the industry.

Synonyms

• A fortune
• A bundle (informal)
• A pile (of money) (informal)
• Big money (informal)

Antonyms

• Peanuts (informal, for a trivial amount of money)
• Pittance

Related Idioms

• "To make megabucks": To earn a very large amount of money.
  • He made megabucks as a software developer in the 1990s.

Noun

1. a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
   • she made a bundle selling real estate
   • they sank megabucks into their new house