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king's ransom

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*king's ransom
Fig. a great deal of money. (To pay an amount as large as one might have to pay to get back a king held for ransom. *Typically: cost ~; pay ~; spend~.) I would like to buy a nice watch, but I don't want to pay a king's ransom for it. It's a lovely house. I bet it cost a king's ransom.
See also: ransom
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Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to pay a king's ransom of 150,000 (220,000 dollars) pounds a week to keep Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford until 2014, media reports said Sunday.
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