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BIG-TICKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does big-ticket mean?
• BIG-TICKET (adjective)
The adjective BIG-TICKET has 1 sense:
1. very expensive
Familiarity information: BIG-TICKET used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very expensive
Synonyms:
big-ticket; high-ticket
Context example:
a big-ticket government program
Similar:
expensive (high in price or charging high prices)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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