chunk of change

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪndʒ

Noun

chunk of change (plural chunks of change)

1. (informal) A significant amount of money.
   • 2009, Scott Haltzman, The Secrets of Happy Families, →ISBN:

     Let's say, for example, that you arrive home late (again) because you had an important piece of business to finish that will add a nice chunk of change to your bank account.

   • 2012, Roger C. Griffin, Principles of Package Development, →ISBN:

     Further, society in the form of the converting or packaging operation is usually not capable of absorbing very large chunks of change.

   • 2013, Michael Grunwald, The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era, →ISBN:

     “The idea was, if you put in a chunk of change, you can stand up a new sector,” says jones, who had founded an advocacy group called Green For All that had called for a Green New Deal.