{adv. phr.}, {informal} To the amount or extent of; in the amount of. * /He had to pay to the tune of fifty dollars for seeing how fast the car would go./ * /When she left the race track she had profited to the tune of ten dollars./
TO THE TUNE OF
Meaning of TO THE TUNE OF in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012