"big one" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: big ones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big one (plural big ones)
  1. (colloquial) Something important; (with 'the') the most important one, (especially sports) the big game, the big play. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Sports
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  2. (US, colloquial) One hundred or one thousand dollars. Tags: US, colloquial Categories (topical): Money Coordinate_terms: big two, Big Three, Big Four, big five, big six, big eight
    Sense id: en-big_one-en-noun-hwSKNhMk Disambiguation of Money: 21 49 31 Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 66 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 72 22
  3. (US, colloquial) A dollar. Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-big_one-en-noun-shWPr1XL Categories (other): American English

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