easy money

English

Noun

easy money (uncountable)

1. (informal) Money easily acquired.

   Synonym: quick buck

   Hyponym: fast buck

2. (economics) A monetary policy that makes money, credit, or both readily available to many borrowers and at relatively low interest rates.

   Antonym: tight money

   • 2004, Nick Cave (lyrics and music), “Easy Money”, in Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:

     Easy money / Rain it down on the wife and the kids / Rain it down on the house where we live / Rain until you got nothing left to give

Translations

money easily acquired — see quick buck

References

• “easy money”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Monetary policy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia