hefty
adj.adj. large, heavy, or powerful. You can use it to describe a physical object or a surprisingly large amount of money.
adj. impressively large, heavy, or substantial. Often used to describe physical weight or significant financial costs.
He had to pay a hefty fine for parking illegally.
The movers struggled to carry the hefty wooden wardrobe up the narrow stairs.
The startup faced a hefty challenge when their primary investor withdrew support just weeks before the product launch.
19th century. From heft (“weight”) + -y. The similarity with German heftig (“vigorous, violent, intense”) is apparently coincidental. From the German are Dutch, Danish, Norwegian heftig, Swedish häftig.
Commonly used to modify nouns related to weight, size, or financial amounts like 'price', 'fine', or 'sum'.