megabucks

mega- +‎ bucks

megabucks

1. (informal) Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).

   He is making megabucks with his business venture.

   • 2007, Mike Oldfield, Changeling: The Autobiography, page 81:

     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.

   • 2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     To 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.

2. plural of megabuck

• megabuck