easy moneynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌiː.zi ˈmʌn.i/us/ˌiː.zi ˈmʌn.i/informalmoney that is easily and sometimes dishonestly earned
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- commission
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- venal
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Examples from literature
- Peruggia wasn’t just a criminal after easy money.
- He wanted easy money.
- His story was this: He had built up a big enterprise during the pioneer boom days of easy money and negligible competition.
- I was merely paid for the risk assumed, and it was easy money.
- If he were merely some cowboy looking for easy money and excitement, that was a different matter.
- They are making merry with champagne and motor cars—if you can accept that figure—and revelry and easy money.