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money to burn en · NOUN

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  1. (informal, uncountable) Much more money than one needs.
    • For many young adults, if there is money to burn, it does not stay in their possession for long. 2008, Dara Duguay, Please Send Money: A Financial Survival Guide for Young Adults on Their Own, →ISBN, page 22:
    • They have probably sold their business to the likes of IBM and now have money to burn. 2010, J. B. Loewen, Money Magnet: How to Attract Investors to Your Business, →ISBN:
    • You're 20-something years old, you've got your own house, different cars, money to burn. 2005, Frederick John Desroches, The Crime that Pays: Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Canada, →ISBN, page 89:

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burn a hole in one's pocket · spend money like water