top dollar
noun
,
Informal.
1.
the maximum amount being or likely to be paid:
to pay top dollar for the jewelry.
Examples from the web for
top dollar
While they don't always get
top dollar
, they get started on a successful journey.
The output of covering your entire car in
top dollar
space-grade solar cells doesn't come close to cutting it.
No one will pay
top dollar
for a company which isn't growing.
The owner of a champion bull can charge
top dollar
for its breeding services or its descendants.
Drugs companies are charging
top dollar
for treatments tailored to combat specific types of cancer.
But this releases seats close to flight that the airline can sell at
top dollar
.
If you want the best program in the country, or the top ten, you will pay
top dollar
.
They began to pay
top dollar
for bodies, no questions asked.
And that's why even public universities are willing to pay
top dollar
to hire and retain super-star faculty.
The military is willing to pay
top dollar
for radical technologies that give it a significant advantage.
British Dictionary definitions for
top dollar
top dollar
noun
1.
(
informal
) the highest level of payment
Slang definitions & phrases for
top dollar
top dollar
noun phrase
The highest sum of money offered or given
: They pay top dollar over there
(1970+)
Idioms and Phrases with
top dollar
top dollar
The highest price, as in
They'll have to pay top dollar at that resort
.
[
Second half of 1900s
]