"big-ticket" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "Doing careful research before purchasing big-ticket items such as electronics, appliances, and automobiles can ensure that an investment lasts for many years.",
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        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76",
          "text": "Other big-ticket projects are the Northern Powerhouse Rail proposed infrastructure upgrade, for which a budget of £39bn over 20 years has been sought, [...].",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 May 13, Eva Corlett, “As the shine comes off NZ Labour, Grant Robertson hopes his budget can steady the ship”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "For [Grant] Robertson, that means investing significantly in the worn-out health system and pumping money into climate change solutions – big-ticket concerns he says he “owes to people”.",
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        "Costly or expensive; having a high price."
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  "word": "big-ticket"
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      "word": "big-ticket item"
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          "text": "Doing careful research before purchasing big-ticket items such as electronics, appliances, and automobiles can ensure that an investment lasts for many years.",
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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76",
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        "Costly or expensive; having a high price."
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