make a quick/fast buck

make a quick/fast buck
make a quick/fast buck
often DISAPPROVING to earn money quickly and easily, especially by doing something illegal or dishonest: »

They're more interested in making a quick buck than helping homeowners find the right loan.

Main Entry: buck

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • make a fast buck — make a quick/fast buck ► often DISAPPROVING to earn money quickly and easily, especially by doing something illegal or dishonest: »They re more interested in making a quick buck than helping homeowners find the right loan. Main Entry: ↑buck …   Financial and business terms

  • make a quick buck — make a quick/fast buck ► often DISAPPROVING to earn money quickly and easily, especially by doing something illegal or dishonest: »They re more interested in making a quick buck than helping homeowners find the right loan. Main Entry: ↑buck …   Financial and business terms

  • make a quick buck — See: FAST BUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a quick buck — See: FAST BUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a fast buck — See: FAST BUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a fast buck — See: FAST BUCK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make a fast buck — (informal) To earn some money quickly or easily but not necessarily honestly • • • Main Entry: ↑buck * * * make a fast/quick buck idiom (informal, often disapproving) to earn money quickly and easily • …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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

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