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easy money
noun
- money obtained with a minimum of effort.
- money obtained by deception, fraud, artifice, etc.
easy money
noun
- money made with little effort, sometimes dishonestly
- commerce money that can be borrowed at a low interest rate
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of easy money1
Idioms and Phrases
Money obtained readily, with little effort and, often, illegally. For example, Winning the lottery—that's easy money! or I was wary of making easy money with the insider tips I'd been given . [c. 1900] Also see fast buck .Example Sentences
They didn’t seem to be responding to economic fundamentals; they were responding to Wall Street’s demands for easy money.
Bootlegging attracts youngsters seeking easy money, and the jails are overflowing with small-time bootleggers unable to afford bail, leaving their families behind without breadwinners.
But in the real world, when she lets herself be vulnerable with one of these men, she sees just how easy money makes it for someone to toss her aside.
Hisashi Kobayashi, a taxi driver in Kyoto, said business was so good that taking a day off felt like passing up easy money.
School dropouts soar in the villages, she says, as boys find easy money through selling narcotics, illegal tree-felling and the mining of river sand.
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