American business jargon. 2014.
Get-rich-quick scheme — Easy money redirects here. For other uses, see Easy Money (disambiguation). A get rich quick scheme is a plan to acquire high rates of return for a small investment. The term get rich quick has been used to describe shady investments since at… … Wikipedia
get-rich-quick — adj. Get rich quick is used with these nouns: ↑scheme … Collocations dictionary
get-rich-quick — /gɛt ˌrɪtʃ ˈkwɪk/ (say get .rich kwik) adjective of or relating to a scheme, business, enterprise, etc., designed to make a lot of money in a short time, sometimes by shady means …
Scheme — may refer to:* Scheme (programming language), a minimalist, multi paradigm dialect of Lisp * Scheme (mathematics), an important concept in algebraic geometry * Scheme (linguistics), a figure of speech that changes a sentence s structureystematic… … Wikipedia
scheme — I n. 1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a scheme 2) to foil, thwart a scheme 3) a diabolical; fantastic; get rich quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild eyed scheme 4) a scheme to + inf. (she concocted a scheme to get publicity) 5) … Combinatory dictionary
scheme — noun 1 plan for getting an advantage, etc. for yourself ADJECTIVE ▪ crazy, hare brained ▪ She s come up with a hare brained scheme for getting her novel published. ▪ elaborate ▪ get rich quick … Collocations dictionary
scheme — scheme1 W1 [ski:m] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: schema arrangement, figure , from Greek, from echein to have, hold, be in a condition ] 1.) BrE an official plan that is intended to help people in some way, for example by providing… … Dictionary of contemporary English
scheme — 01. The company that I work at has a [scheme] to increase its sales without increasing its costs. 02. Oliver is always [scheming] to get the most money for the least amount of work possible. 03. I don t think the government s [scheme] to reduce… … Grammatical examples in English
Get the Message (song) — Infobox Single Name = Get the Message Caption = The first British 12 inch. Artist = Electronic Album = Electronic A side = B side = Free Will Released = Start date|1991|4|15 Format = 7 inch, 12 inch, CD, cassette Recorded = 1990 Genre = Length =… … Wikipedia
Darien scheme — European colonization of the Americas First colonization British colonization Courlandish colonization Danish colonization Dutch colonization … Wikipedia
