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Definition of good money in English: good moneynoun mass noun1Money that might usefully be spent elsewhere; hard-earned money. I'm not going to pay good money for it Example sentencesExamples - They paid good money for that house are entitled to to their privacy.
- He's paid out good money to have his teeth capped and cauliflower ear sorted.
- Ultimately though, the real losers were the punters who paid good money only to see the football equivalent of watching paint dry.
- Regardless, they paid me good money to give them advice they were only going to ignore once it got escalated up the food chain.
- The taxpayer is paying good money but is getting a second-rate service.
- Producers get paid good money to anticipate public tastes, and on this occasion my friend proved his worth.
- On top of that, I paid out good money to purchase last season's tickets and that was after promises that if we sign up quickly it would give Stan time to plan for the future.
- On the one hand, I own the camera - it is mine and I paid good money for it.
- People will not pay good money to sit on the same waiting lists as the rest of us: they will pay for and get preferential treatment.
- Word soon got around the area's criminal fraternity that good money was being paid for phones without, so they thought, too many questions.
- The fans have paid good money to see that rubbish.
- Come on folks, we're paying good money to watch this game, let's have a decent length of play for our pennies please.
- We geeks pay good money to see cool special effects and epic confrontations.
- Well, he has paid good money for the privilege of having his body stretched every which way at York's newly-opened Pilates studio.
- Producers have to pay good money to get such high-yielding positions, just as a shop on the busiest part of the high street has to pay a higher rent.
- Tourists pay good money to ride elephants in northern Thailand.
- That's the kind of innovative design feature which we pay good money for.
- I pay good money to Microsoft for their software, and I don't do anything with it that isn't plain and simple personal usage.
- I paid good money for that damn machine and it conks after six months.
- So you can, in the art world, find good buys, but if you're actually going out to buy good artists, you will pay good money.
- 1.1informal High wages.
Example sentencesExamples - You need a plan to get there - to get some skills companies will pay good money for!
- Aviation is now so complex and price sensitive that if you're not making good money, it's simply not worth the hassle.
- He could have stayed in the U.S., earned good money, gotten a green card and never looked back.
- There seems to be some good money to be made in that area.
- For the past 12 years, he had also written screenplays for Hollywood movies, which was a job that earned good money.
- To attract and retain good people, you need to pay good money.
- However, before you can start really earning good money, you've got to be properly trained.
- The careers officer at school took one look and suggested teaching or mining, both of which paid good money at the time.
- You also get the chance to be educated in almost any subject there is and get paid good money to be in the army.
- Of course, the argument goes, if you're paying good money, you might attract some good people to the job.
- He added that Gibbs had sought to profit at the expense of others, in spite of earning good money in his work for a responsible company.
- Usually, a lot of overseas players see the county season as a chance to get some good practice and make some good money.
- At 20, he took a job with the Streets Department, and was soon earning good money driving a trash truck.
- He was there to earn good money taking a huge risk.
- Some players earned good money from ambitious clubs, which charged admission in order to pay the players.
- He was making good money and he told her that she did not have to work; she should stay home and look after their third child, Nicholas.
- While many comedians complain about the unlikelihood of making good money in this country, Reed takes a more optimistic view.
- They were a means of earning good money but not a means of enhancing one's artistic reputation.
- They continue to earn good money despite of their record of failures.
- He earned good money and had a beautiful apartment.
Definition of good money in US English: good moneynoun 1Money that might usefully be spent elsewhere; hard-earned money. I'm not going to pay good money for it Example sentencesExamples - The fans have paid good money to see that rubbish.
- I paid good money for that damn machine and it conks after six months.
- On the one hand, I own the camera - it is mine and I paid good money for it.
- Producers have to pay good money to get such high-yielding positions, just as a shop on the busiest part of the high street has to pay a higher rent.
- Ultimately though, the real losers were the punters who paid good money only to see the football equivalent of watching paint dry.
- On top of that, I paid out good money to purchase last season's tickets and that was after promises that if we sign up quickly it would give Stan time to plan for the future.
- The taxpayer is paying good money but is getting a second-rate service.
- They paid good money for that house are entitled to to their privacy.
- Producers get paid good money to anticipate public tastes, and on this occasion my friend proved his worth.
- He's paid out good money to have his teeth capped and cauliflower ear sorted.
- People will not pay good money to sit on the same waiting lists as the rest of us: they will pay for and get preferential treatment.
- Word soon got around the area's criminal fraternity that good money was being paid for phones without, so they thought, too many questions.
- Tourists pay good money to ride elephants in northern Thailand.
- That's the kind of innovative design feature which we pay good money for.
- We geeks pay good money to see cool special effects and epic confrontations.
- Regardless, they paid me good money to give them advice they were only going to ignore once it got escalated up the food chain.
- Come on folks, we're paying good money to watch this game, let's have a decent length of play for our pennies please.
- I pay good money to Microsoft for their software, and I don't do anything with it that isn't plain and simple personal usage.
- So you can, in the art world, find good buys, but if you're actually going out to buy good artists, you will pay good money.
- Well, he has paid good money for the privilege of having his body stretched every which way at York's newly-opened Pilates studio.
- 1.1informal High wages.
Example sentencesExamples - He was there to earn good money taking a huge risk.
- He was making good money and he told her that she did not have to work; she should stay home and look after their third child, Nicholas.
- Usually, a lot of overseas players see the county season as a chance to get some good practice and make some good money.
- You need a plan to get there - to get some skills companies will pay good money for!
- The careers officer at school took one look and suggested teaching or mining, both of which paid good money at the time.
- He added that Gibbs had sought to profit at the expense of others, in spite of earning good money in his work for a responsible company.
- For the past 12 years, he had also written screenplays for Hollywood movies, which was a job that earned good money.
- They continue to earn good money despite of their record of failures.
- You also get the chance to be educated in almost any subject there is and get paid good money to be in the army.
- To attract and retain good people, you need to pay good money.
- He earned good money and had a beautiful apartment.
- Of course, the argument goes, if you're paying good money, you might attract some good people to the job.
- Some players earned good money from ambitious clubs, which charged admission in order to pay the players.
- Aviation is now so complex and price sensitive that if you're not making good money, it's simply not worth the hassle.
- There seems to be some good money to be made in that area.
- While many comedians complain about the unlikelihood of making good money in this country, Reed takes a more optimistic view.
- He could have stayed in the U.S., earned good money, gotten a green card and never looked back.
- They were a means of earning good money but not a means of enhancing one's artistic reputation.
- However, before you can start really earning good money, you've got to be properly trained.
- At 20, he took a job with the Streets Department, and was soon earning good money driving a trash truck.
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