Newspaper journalists can't stand this, because they think that, if anyone is going to be paid seven-figure sums to read headlines, it should be them.

Warner Brothers paid a seven-figure sum for the movie rights.

Clarke received an unknown "seven-figure sum", making the deal "one of the biggest acquisitions of film rights for a book in recent years".

These days, it would fetch a seven-figure sum.

He might have been earning seven-figure sums from his various sponsors and contracts.

The seven-figure sum used to finance the studio came from British investors.

Though the restaurant had been highly profitable, the couple said at the time that the buyout brought a welcome seven-figure sum.

The budget for the Seagram campaign is $250,000 through the end of the year and a still-undetermined seven-figure sum for 1995.

Mrs. Thatcher is also expected to command a seven-figure sum.

Other marketers with multiple purposes are also laying out seven-figure sums to buy three, four or more spots during the game.