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QUICK BUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quick buck mean? 

QUICK BUCK (noun)
  The noun QUICK BUCK has 1 sense:

1. quick or easy earningsplay

  Familiarity information: QUICK BUCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


QUICK BUCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Quick or easy earnings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fast buck; quick buck

Context example:

they are traders out to make a fast buck

Hypernyms ("quick buck" is a kind of...):

earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))


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