- strike paydirt
- hit/strike paydirt► INFORMAL to do, find, or get something that will make a lot of money: »
They are hoping to hit paydirt with the new release of the software.
Main Entry: ↑paydirt
Financial and business terms. 2012.
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hit/strike paydirt — ► INFORMAL to do, find, or get something that will make a lot of money: »They are hoping to hit paydirt with the new release of the software. Main Entry: ↑paydirt … Financial and business terms
paydirt — pay‧dirt [ˈpeɪdɜːt ǁ dɜːrt] noun hit/strike paydirt informal to make a useful or valuable discovery that will make a lot of money; = strike Bre: • Sales have been flat, and manufacturers can only hope they ll strike paydirt with the new toy. * * … Financial and business terms
paydirt — pay|dirt [ˈpeıdə:t US də:rt] n [U] hit/strike paydirt AmE informal to make a valuable or useful discovery, especially one that makes you rich or successful … Dictionary of contemporary English
paydirt — /ˈpeɪdɜt/ (say paydert) noun 1. earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner. 2. auriferous gravel rich enough to pay for washing or working. See wash dirt. –phrase 3. strike (or hit) paydirt, to be successful, especially in gaining… …
hit paydirt — hit/strike paydirt ► INFORMAL to do, find, or get something that will make a lot of money: »They are hoping to hit paydirt with the new release of the software. Main Entry: ↑paydirt … Financial and business terms
hit paydirt — verb To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break. With his third novel he finally hit paydirt and wrote a bestseller … Wiktionary
hit — hit1 W2S1 [hıt] v past tense and past participle hit present participle hitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(touch somebody/something hard)¦ 2¦(crash into something)¦ 3¦(hurt yourself)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(press)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(affect badly)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
dirt — S3 [də:t US də:rt] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: drit] 1.) any substance that makes things dirty, such as mud or dust ▪ You should have seen the dirt on that car! ▪ His face and hands were black with dirt. ▪ a patch of grass,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
gold — [gəʊld ǁ goʊld] noun [uncountable] 1. a valuable soft metal used to make jewellery, coins etc, and formerly used in a system in which the value of the standard unit of a currency is equal to a fixed weight of gold of a particular quality: • On… … Financial and business terms
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