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1. (US) Every dollar of income counts toward one's financial well-being; money is a strong motivator, even in unpleasant situations.
   • It shouldn't matter whether a murderer tips you or a businessman. A buck's a buck. There's no morality attached to money. 2000, Adam Berlin, Headlock, →ISBN, page 110:
   • “When you play for money,” said Mrs. Prudence Reynolds of Short Hills. N.J., “the temperament changes. A trophy is a trophy, but a buck's a buck.” 1977, Steve Cady, “Warm Weather Is Most Upsetting Factor To Platform Tennis Players at Forest Hills”, in New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2017:
   • Anything that involves money is business to me. Granted, this is only pocket change to you, but a buck's a buck. 2011, Linda Turner, chapter 5, in Christmas Lone-Star Style, →ISBN:
   • And if many of the lawyers I work for are jerks, well, a buck's a buck. 2012, David Housewright, chapter 2, in The Holland Taylor Mysteries: Penance, →ISBN:

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