megabuck

See also: mega-buck

English

Alternative forms

• mega-buck

Etymology

Back-formation from megabucks.

Noun

megabuck (plural megabucks)

1. (informal) A million dollars.
   • 1991, Walter Theodore Federer, Statistics and Society: Data Collection and Interpretation, page 98:

     the owner of a large hosiery factory believed that 100000 dozen pairs of nylon hose worth about one megabuck were disappearing from his plant every year.

   • 2009 February 6, James Barron, “Proposal of a $500,000 Salary Cap Raises the Question: What to Do?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The plan includes a $500,000 cap on compensation for senior officials and new restrictions on other kinds of megabuck payouts, like severance pay.