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- noun US, slang A
luxury item. Although commonly referring to an item of significant physical size (e.g. acomputer ,sports car or big screentelevision ), the term can be applied to any expensive item.
Etymologies
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The term is derived from the idea that the price is high (big) and that larger products have physically larger price tags (big-ticket).
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