noun
quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"
• Syn: ↑quick buck
• Hypernyms:
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—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.]
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fast buck,
U.S. Slang.
1. money earned on the side for performing a quick or easy task: »
After he quit college, while he polished up his pitching, he also earned a fast buck playing professional basketball with the Boston Celtics (Time).
2. money obtained by playing on circumstance, often improperly: »
[He] condemns what he calls the whole gray flannel suit psychology, the terrible drive for the fast buck (Wall Street Journal).
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n. see buck II
Useful english dictionary. 2012.