hefty sum
a large amount of money
TRANSLATION
hefty sum = eine Menge Geld --- GOOGLE INDEX hefty sum: approximately 100,000 Google hits
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Many people were protesting against a White House plan under which illegal migrants would be charged HEFTY SUMS for work visas and residency.
(BBC News)
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German tax authorities are preparing to pay a HEFTY SUM for information on tax evaders with accounts in Switzerland, but the deal looks well worth it.
(Spiegel magazine)
(BBC News)
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German tax authorities are preparing to pay a HEFTY SUM for information on tax evaders with accounts in Switzerland, but the deal looks well worth it.
(Spiegel magazine)
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hefty sum
noun phrase
- a large amount of money
hefty
adjective
- large in amount, size, force, etc.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hollywood actress Raquel Welch was quoted as saying, "Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." There must be an element of truth to this statement, as illustrated by the hefty sums occasionally paid by people for objects of desire.
- The Jason Pollock painting "Number 5, 1948" was purportedly sold by entertainment mogul David Geffen for $140 million.
- A 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his début was sold at auction for more than $1 million — the most ever paid for a comic book.
- A bottle of Chateau Lafite 1787 wine sold at Christie's London in 1985 for $160,000.
- A pair of boots worn on stage by Elvis Presley went for $7,000 at auction.
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SYNONYMS
(hefty)
ample, colossal, handsome, prodigious, sizeable, substantial, vast, weighty
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Linda must have paid a hefty sum for that new sports car she's driving around."
noun phrase
- a large amount of money
hefty
adjective
- large in amount, size, force, etc.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hollywood actress Raquel Welch was quoted as saying, "Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping." There must be an element of truth to this statement, as illustrated by the hefty sums occasionally paid by people for objects of desire.
- The Jason Pollock painting "Number 5, 1948" was purportedly sold by entertainment mogul David Geffen for $140 million.
- A 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his début was sold at auction for more than $1 million — the most ever paid for a comic book.
- A bottle of Chateau Lafite 1787 wine sold at Christie's London in 1985 for $160,000.
- A pair of boots worn on stage by Elvis Presley went for $7,000 at auction.
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SYNONYMS
(hefty)
ample, colossal, handsome, prodigious, sizeable, substantial, vast, weighty
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Linda must have paid a hefty sum for that new sports car she's driving around."
