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top dollars

top dollars is the plural of top dollar.

Meaning of top dollar

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

Questions about top dollars

What is top dollars the plural of?
Top dollars is the plural of top dollar.

Words near top dollars in the dictionary

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

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