tidy sum
1tidy sum — {n. phr.} A large amount of money. * /The Smith s big new home cost them a tidy sum./ Compare: PRETTY PENNY …
2tidy sum — {n. phr.} A large amount of money. * /The Smith s big new home cost them a tidy sum./ Compare: PRETTY PENNY …
3tidy\ sum — n. phr. A large amount of money. The Smith s big new home cost them a tidy sum. Compare: pretty penny …
4tidy sum — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, army, batch, bevy, bunch, cloud, clutter, considerable, covey, deal, flight, flock, flocks, gobs, good deal, good sum, great deal, hail, heap, heaps, heaps of gold, hive, host, jam, large amount …
5tidy sum — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A large sum of money: fortune, mint. Informal: bundle, pretty penny, wad. Slang: pile. See RICH …
6tidy sum — noun (often followed by of ) a large number or amount or extent a batch of letters a deal of trouble a lot of money he made a mint on the stock market see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty a slew of… …
7a princely/tidy sum — ► a large amount of money: »She sold her story to the tabloids for a princely sum. »We have made a tidy sum on our investments. Main Entry: ↑sum …
8a tidy sum — a princely/tidy sum ► a large amount of money: »She sold her story to the tabloids for a princely sum. »We have made a tidy sum on our investments. Main Entry: ↑sum …
9tidy — [tī′dē] adj. tidier, tidiest [ME tidi, seasonable, honest, hence in good condition < tide: see TIDE1] 1. neat in personal appearance, ways, etc.; orderly 2. neat in arrangement; in order; trim 3. Informal a) fairly good; satisfactory …
10tidy — ti|dy1 [ˈtaıdi] adj comparative tidier superlative tidiest especially BrE [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: tidy at an appropriate time (13 18 centuries), from tide] 1.) a room, house, desk etc that is tidy is neatly arranged with everything in the right …
