fast/quick buck

noun

: money that is earned or gotten quickly

greedy opportunists looking to make a fast/quick buck

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Recent Examples on the Web At the same time, the metals and minerals needed to produce batteries are at the mercy of wildly volatile commodities markets, with speculators regularly trying to make a quick buck on shifts in supply and demand. —

Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 7 July 2024 The stock was bolstered by Trump supporters and mom-and-pop investors looking to make a quick buck. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024 Other than the techs only concerned with a quick buck (often at the expense of quality service), the generational shift from a traditional 9-5 to entrepreneurship is not cheap. —

India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 May 2024 Greedy and Gluttonous Investors out for a quick buck, have made the rent so Unrealistic NOTHING could survive or be created to be sustainable or evolvable System that could create an essence of Wow! —

Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fast/quick buck

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