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Definitions

top dollar

NOUN
cost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amount charge damage expenditure figure outlay payment price price tag rate tariff value worth
STRONG
bite disbursement dues nick nut score tab ticket toll
WEAK
arm and a leg bad news bottom dollar bottom line
Antonyms
WEAK
repayment retribution

Example Sentences

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The 38-year-old aviation engineer thinks consumers paying top dollar for a premium fridge with a screen should decide how that display is used.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Ellison appears willing to pay top dollar to beef up Paramount’s offerings.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

The 'Mersey Millionaires' were prepared to pay top dollar for their new boss, with Ipswich Town's Bobby Robson and Wolves' Bill McGarry also linked.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

“These hyperscalers are willing to pay top dollar for materials, talent, land, for everything imaginable,” said Anirban Basu, chief economist for the trade group Associated Builders and Contractors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Some of his former patients were extremely angry because they had paid good money, top dollar for "real" medicines, but were given only flour and water.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.