bomb

/bɒm/ noun [S] UK informal

Definition

cost a bomb › to cost a lot of money: Bank loans, if available at all, cost a bomb.

make a bomb › to make a lot of money: They made a bomb selling scrap metal.

(Definition of bomb noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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