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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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Nearby words

easy come, easy go, easy does it, easy game, easy listening, easy meat, easy money, easy on the eyes, easy sledding, easy street, easy street, on, easy-breezy

Origin of easy money

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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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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