a chunk of change

a chunk of change

A lot of money. I can't wait to file my taxes because I know I'm getting a chunk of change back this year. Wow, nice car! That must have cost a chunk of change!

See also: change, chunk, of

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chunk of change

Fig. a lot of money. Tom's new sports car cost a real big chunk of change!

See also: change, chunk, of

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

a chunk of change

AMERICAN, INFORMAL

A chunk of change is an amount of money, usually a large amount. $2.5 billion would be a fair chunk of change out of the state's health or education budget. Lately they've been making quite a chunk of change.

See also: change, chunk, of

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