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Large amounts of money

wealth

noun

a large amount of money and other valuable things

fortune

noun

a very large amount of money

pile

noun

a large amount of money

windfall

noun

an amount of money that you get when you are not expecting it, especially a large amount

big bucks

noun

big money

payout

noun

a large amount of money paid to someone, for example by an insurance company or as a prize in a competition

mint

noun

a large amount of money

big money

noun

a lot of money

a small fortune

a lot of money

megabucks

noun

a very large amount of money

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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