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top dollar

top dollar noun: the maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.

Noun

top dollar (countable and uncountable, plural top dollars)

  1. (US, idiomatic) The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.
    • Within six months, Goodie was back in radio, earning just about the top dollar for a writer ($3,000 weekly) as Danny Kaye's chief scripter.1947 September 8, “Aces Up”, in Time
    • Consumers are willing to pay top dollar for distinctive, rare, traditional cheeses.2006 December 6, “Many ways to say cheese”, in Toronto Star, page F2

Forms of top dollar

pluraltop dollars

Questions about top dollar

What does top dollar mean?
Top dollar means the maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.
What part of speech is top dollar?
Top dollar is a noun.
What is the plural of top dollar?
The plural of top dollar is top dollars.

Words near top dollar in the dictionary

  1. top dead centers
  2. top deck
  3. top decks
  4. top dog
  5. top dogs
  6. top dollar
  7. top dollars
  8. top drawer
  9. top drive
  10. top drives
  11. top drop

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