money to burn

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money to burn (uncountable)

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

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