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  • noun A very large luxury yacht

Etymologies

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mega- +‎ yacht

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Examples

  • Determined to prove herself, Marianna creates an elaborate ruse in order to infiltrate the megayacht -- a dangerous gambit that requires the coerced cooperation of a rather special civilian ...

    January 2009 2009

  • It may not be considered a megayacht in size, but the Trilobis 65, a four level, 20 meter floating object-of-desire would still turn heads at any marina.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 578 2009

  • Determined to prove herself, Marianna creates an elaborate ruse in order to infiltrate the megayacht -- a dangerous gambit that requires the coerced cooperation of a rather special civilian ...

    Free AudioBook: Singularity by Bill DeSmedt 2009

  • I hear employment in the megayacht business is strong.

    Matthew Yglesias » 400 Families Earned an Average of $345 Million Each in 2007 2010

  • Then, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who has been so affected by the economic downturn that he reportedly had to call off his New Year's Eve party in Aspen, is reportedly about to make a decision about whether he will sell off his Chelsea soccer club or megayacht Pelorus that has a pricetag of $300 million.

    Yacht Update! Paul Allen Spends $384K a Week on His; Other Billionaires Selling Theirs Off 2009

  • At luxury boat builder Northrop & Johnson Yacht and Ship, headquartered in the British Virgin Islands, director Kathleen Mullen says a New York investor called this week trying to put off the purchase of a more than $25 million megayacht.

    As Times Turn Tough, Francine Schwadel 2008

  • With the megayacht business filled with backlog orders from newly minted billionaires in Russia, the Middle East and India, all kinds of companies are jumping into business.

    Oligarch princess 2008

  • They're targeting megayacht business WHEN I RAN into Steve Schwarzman at a charity dinner last month, I asked him whether his private-equity firm, Blackstone Group, was planning any "Richistan" plays -- betting, for example, on the burgeoning demand for megayachts.

    Oligarch princess 2008

  • Milton Pedraza, CEO of the New York-based Luxury Institute, which tracks the purchasing patterns of the rich, says that though the megayacht market is thriving, "the market for $1 million to $3 million boats has just about collapsed in the U.S., even if no one will say so in public."

    Shining In The Gloom 2008

  • Strong, light materials like carbon fiber had gotten cheaper, and it was logical to assume other people with overflowing bank accounts might be dreaming of the first sailing megayacht, nearing 70 meters or more.

    Mine’s Bigger Than Yours 2008

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