Megabuck

Alternative forms

• mega-buck

Origin

Back-formation from {{3}}

Full definition of megabuck

Noun

1. A million dollars.
• 1991, Walter Theodore Federer, Statistics and Society: Data Collection and Interpretation‎, 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?, The plan includes a $500,000 cap on compensation for senior officials and new restrictions on other kinds of megabuck payouts, like severance pay.