top dollar
noun
: the highest amount being paid for a commodity or service
willing to pay top dollar to get them—
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Here’s my answer Are California real estate markets warped by sober homes paying top dollar?
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The Packers rarely spend top dollar on this positional group, so signing an elite free agent such as San Francisco’s Dre Greenlaw is highly unlikely.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Spending top dollar on the best free-agent reliever has not been part of the front office’s playbook.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Many millennials, for example, hoped to buy affordable starter homes but paid top dollar for houses in need of lots of repairs and updates.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
The Packers rarely spend top dollar on this positional group, so signing an elite free agent such as San Francisco’s Dre Greenlaw is highly unlikely.
—Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Spending top dollar on the best free-agent reliever has not been part of the front office’s playbook.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Many millennials, for example, hoped to buy affordable starter homes but paid top dollar for houses in need of lots of repairs and updates.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Top dollar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20dollar. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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