chunk of money
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchunkandmoney
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chunk
noun[C]
uk/tʃʌŋk/us/tʃʌŋk/
a roughly ...
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money
noun[U]
uk/ˈmʌn.i/us/ˈmʌn.i/
coins or notes (= special pieces of paper) that are used to buy things, or an amount of these that a ...
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(Definition ofchunkandmoneyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Nevertheless, it continues to receive quite a largechunkofmoney.
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Frequently, we did not know what we were doing or the results of allocating achunkofmoneyto a plan.
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We just hear capital receipts talked about as a separatechunkofmoneywhich should be available to councils.
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It removes a sizeablechunkofmoneyfrom the control of the wife.
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Achunkofmoney—about £2.5 billion net next year—is hypothecated.
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What would happen if a largechunkofmoneycame in?
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So we were able to get rid of a very largechunkofmoney.
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However, for someone who is living on unemployment benefit or income support it is an enormouschunkofmoneyto find.
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For that reason, that hugechunkofmoneywas delayed.
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That would save the motor car owner having to find achunkofmoneyeach year.
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Whereas a largechunkofmoneywill be allocated to the larger metropolitan authorities, a small amount, or none at all, will be allocated to smaller authorities.
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I appreciate that it is not the same as the board's revenue, but it is a substantialchunkofmoneywhich goes to the engineering industry for training.
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It is obvious that the long-only funds manage a largechunkofmoneythat everyone is interested in.
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He later went into oil and gas on his own, making a fortune that he called a fairchunkofmoney.
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Kitty apparently showed an aptitude for the work and made a goodchunkofmoney.
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Nevertheless, there is no doubt that large chunks of money have gone into private enterprise concerns.
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As wholesale banks, they were interested in lending fairly large chunks of money for, say, three or four years to blue chip companies.
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The bond proceeds of $153.8 million compare with $140 million originally anticipated as one of the chunks of money from selling the utilities.
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