fast\ buck

fast\ buck
• fast buck
• quick buck
slang
Money earned quickly and easily, and sometimes dishonestly.

You can make a fast buck at the golf course by fishing balls out of the water trap.

He isn't interested in a career; he's just looking for a quick buck.


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  • fast buck — fast buck, adj. Slang. money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck. Also called fast dollar. [1945 50, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • fast buck — noun quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck • Syn: ↑quick buck • Hypernyms: ↑net income, ↑net, ↑net profit, ↑lucre, ↑profit, ↑profits, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fast buck — or[quick buck] {slang} Money earned quickly and easily, and sometimes dishonestly. * /You can make a fast buck at the golf course by fishing balls out of the water trap./ * /He isn t interested in a career; he s just looking for a quick buck./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fast buck — or[quick buck] {slang} Money earned quickly and easily, and sometimes dishonestly. * /You can make a fast buck at the golf course by fishing balls out of the water trap./ * /He isn t interested in a career; he s just looking for a quick buck./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • fast buck — money earned quickly and easily He is always trying to make a fast buck without really trying to work very hard …   Idioms and examples

  • fast buck — /fast ˈbʌk/ (say fahst buk) noun Colloquial money made quickly and often irresponsibly …  

  • fast buck — Go to quick buck …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Fast buck — money earned with little effort, often by dishonest means …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • fast buck — Australian Slang money earned with little effort, often by dishonest means …   English dialects glossary

  • fast buck —  Quickly earned money.  ► “Independent sales organizations (ISO), once viewed as sleazy, fastbuck operations, have transformed themselves into legitimate, and formidable, competitors for merchant business.” (Credit Card Management, Nov. 1994, p.… …   American business jargon

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