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Meaning of thick end | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Most; the greater part (of an amount of money).

UK, colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“How much did the M1 cost? The thick end of £20M pounds, in fact. Yet the limited availabity of taxpayers' money meant that Britain could never hope to compete with the two world superpowers, Russia and the USA, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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