"top dollar" meaning in English

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "top dollar (countable and uncountable, plural top dollars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947 September 8, “Aces Up”, in Time",
          "text": "Within six months, Goodie was back in radio, earning just about the top dollar for a writer ($3,000 weekly) as Danny Kaye's chief scripter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 December 6, “Many ways to say cheese”, in Toronto Star, page F2",
          "text": "Consumers are willing to pay top dollar for distinctive, rare, traditional cheeses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price."
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          "worth",
          "worth"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable"
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "top dollar"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
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        {
          "ref": "1947 September 8, “Aces Up”, in Time",
          "text": "Within six months, Goodie was back in radio, earning just about the top dollar for a writer ($3,000 weekly) as Danny Kaye's chief scripter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006 December 6, “Many ways to say cheese”, in Toronto Star, page F2",
          "text": "Consumers are willing to pay top dollar for distinctive, rare, traditional cheeses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "money",
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        ],
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "idiomatic",
        "uncountable"
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