small fortune

A large amount of money. I had to spend a small fortune to get my car repaired after the transmission started slipping.

a rather sizeable amount of money. This set of wheels cost me a small fortune. I've got a small fortune tied up in test equipment.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sal	SAL	English
Mas'ud	-	Arabic, Persian
Latoya	lə-TOI-ə	African American
Linette	li-NET	English
AbÍLio	ə-BEE-lyoo	Portuguese
Mira (2)	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Polish