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easy money

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noun

money obtained with a minimum of effort.
money obtained by deception, fraud, artifice, etc.

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Origin of easy money

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Historical Examples of easy money

  • Havin' got in with the easy-money bunch by a fluke in the first place, he wa'n't a man who could come back.

British Dictionary definitions for easy money

easy money

noun

money made with little effort, sometimes dishonestly
commerce money that can be borrowed at a low interest rate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with easy money

easy money

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.

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