High Roller Definition

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A “High Roller” is someone who spends lots of money carelessly, blowing money fast and recklessly. The term originated from high stakes players who place large bets at the casino.

  1. High-roller definition: High rollers are people who are very rich and who spend money in an extravagant or risky. Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
  2. He is definitely a high roller. The first recorded use of the phrase was in 1873. Many high stakes gambling games involve rolling dice, and 'high roller' refers to winning numbers and large sums of money. These people are able to put up large sums of money without any promise of a positive return on that investment. Business, High, Money.
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high roller

n.Slang
1. One who spends freely and extravagantly, as for luxuries or entertainment.
3. An organization, such as a large corporation, that spends or invests liberally or rashly.
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high roller

n
slangchieflyUSandCanadian a person who spends money extravagantly or gambles recklessly

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high′ roll′er

or high′roll′er,


n.
2. a person or organization that spends money lavishly and sometimes recklessly.
high′-roll′ing,adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Noun1.high roller - one who spends lavishly and ostentatiously on entertainment; 'the last of the big spenders'
scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigally
2.high roller - a gambler who wagers large sums
gambler - a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
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noun

informal North American
  • A person who gambles or spends large amounts of money.

    • ‘corporate jets still ferry in high rollers to the tables of Caesar's Palace’
    • ‘State regulators on July 10 approved the MGM Grand Hotel Casino's application for Nevada's first private gambling salon for high rollers.’
    • ‘Think casino gambling and you think high rollers playing high-stakes games, dropping thousands of dollars a night.’
    • ‘Named after the Tipperary stud farm they own, it refers to a group of immensely rich Irish high rollers who are gamblers by nature, trade and inclination.’
    • ‘The VIP room will be monitored by tuxedo-clad security personnel and will offer high rollers a private hors d' oeuvre buffet.’
    • ‘For Miami's high rollers, looks and money will get you everywhere.’
    • ‘They were both high rollers, spread money around lavishly and had female hangers on wherever they went.’
    • ‘Mr Quinlan, whose backers are mainly Irish high rollers, has approached the investment bank NM Rothschild.’
    • ‘I admit, I'm no high roller and the most gambling I've ever done is low stakes poker with friends, but I am completely baffled by the overwhelming popularity of Internet gambling.’
    • ‘If you're feeling lucky, and are ready for a bit of casino action, try a night out with the high rollers at one of our sophisticated gambling spots.’
    • ‘And then there are the high rollers, representing chambers of commerce, big business, the healthcare, banking, and insurance industries.’
    • ‘But more than that it confirmed the deep public suspicion that politics is a rotten business and politicians are eternally on the take to the corporate and big union high rollers.’
    • ‘Plush, opulent and somewhat decadent, it used to be a popular hang-out of the city's hip gay crowd; now it caters to high rollers and moneyed movers of all persuasions.’
    • ‘The only thing most people know about the most famous course in Las Vegas, Shadow Creek, is that the high rollers play there for free.’
    • ‘After all, hedge funds had long been seen as the province of the financial world's high rollers.’
    • ‘She knew soon Jose Marcel would come down to the pit and check in with his dealers and meet the high rollers.’
    • ‘A real T-shirt-and-jeans kind of guy, he certainly doesn't look like a high roller, but American Express Co. knows better.’
    • ‘Sure, he still felt like a high roller every time he got a direct deposit on his nearly $75,000 salary - double what his buddies in his native Salt Lake City make.’
    • ‘He was not a high roller, but he enjoyed fine things.’
    • ‘But often, these expensive products end up sitting on the shelf, gathering dust, waiting for the high roller to walk in the door.’
    • ‘Don't pull out your wallet unless you're a high roller: Minimum investment is $100,000.’

Origin

High Roller Definition

With reference to rolling dice.

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