fast buck

1. 1.

   quick or easy earnings

   “they are traders out to make a fast buck”

   Synonymsquick buck

   Broadernet income

Questions about fast buck

What does fast buck mean?

fast buck means "quick or easy earnings".

What is another word for fast buck?

Close synonyms include quick buck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fast buck a common word?

fast buck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.