top dollar meaning

Noun: top dollar

1. (informal) the maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price

[Business]
noun [U] (especially AmE) (informal)

a high price; the highest price:

Companies will pay top dollar for same-day deliveries.

• dollar:    Noun: dollar  ...
• dollar for dollar:    [American idiom]co ...
• on top:    [American idiom]vi ...

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1. that car lot pays top dollar for used cars
2. we'll pay top dollar for your services
3. he has paid top dollar for the journal's parent company, dow jones
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