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Definition of simoleon in English: simoleonnounsɪˈməʊlɪɒnsəˈmōlēən US informal A dollar. 〈美,非正式〉一美元 how about a few simoleons to tide you over? Example sentencesExamples - Factor in figures for median household incomes, and twenty-five grand turns into a little under a million simoleons in today's R&D money.
- When one considers the persistent popularity of this movie, and the number of its stars who went on to impressive film careers, it's a shame Paramount didn't invest a few simoleons in supplemental material.
- In a single summer of public disinterest, ninety million of the Walt Disney Company's simoleons disappeared into a sea of red ink.
- He can recoup a few simoleons on the soundtrack CD.
- And instead of heading off to a mysterious job that you never witness, you sell stuff you find around town and play minigames, including catching fish and making pizzas, to earn those precious simoleons.
- Yet another case in point: winning a million simoleons via a game show glitch.
- Great movie, but if you've bought it before (the Special Edition, at least), stow your simoleons.
Synonyms cash, hard cash, ready money
OriginLate 19th century: perhaps on the pattern of napoleon. RhymesAeolian, Anatolian, Eolian, Jolyon, Mongolian, napoleon Definition of simoleon in US English: simoleonnounsəˈmōlēən US informal A dollar. 〈美,非正式〉一美元 how about a few simoleons to tide you over? Example sentencesExamples - In a single summer of public disinterest, ninety million of the Walt Disney Company's simoleons disappeared into a sea of red ink.
- When one considers the persistent popularity of this movie, and the number of its stars who went on to impressive film careers, it's a shame Paramount didn't invest a few simoleons in supplemental material.
- He can recoup a few simoleons on the soundtrack CD.
- Factor in figures for median household incomes, and twenty-five grand turns into a little under a million simoleons in today's R&D money.
- Yet another case in point: winning a million simoleons via a game show glitch.
- Great movie, but if you've bought it before (the Special Edition, at least), stow your simoleons.
- And instead of heading off to a mysterious job that you never witness, you sell stuff you find around town and play minigames, including catching fish and making pizzas, to earn those precious simoleons.
Synonyms cash, hard cash, ready money
OriginLate 19th century: perhaps on the pattern of napoleon. |