a buck's a buck

English

Alternative forms

• a buck is a buck
• a buck is a buck is a buck

Proverb

a buck's a buck

1. (chiefly US) Every dollar of income counts toward one's financial well-being; money is a strong motivator, even in unpleasant situations.
   • 1977, Steve Cady, “Warm Weather Is Most Upsetting Factor To Platform Tennis Players at Forest Hills”, in New York Times, retrieved 2 October 2017:

     “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.”

   • 2000, Adam Berlin, Headlock, →ISBN, page 110:

     It shouldn't matter whether a murderer tips you or a businessman. A buck's a buck. There's no morality attached to money.

   • 2011, Linda Turner, chapter 5, in Christmas Lone-Star Style‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Anything that involves money is business to me. Granted, this is only pocket change to you, but a buck's a buck.

   • 2012, David Housewright, chapter 2, in The Holland Taylor Mysteries: Penance‎^[2], →ISBN:

     And if many of the lawyers I work for are jerks, well, a buck's a buck.

See also

• money doesn't grow on trees
• money talks
• money does not smell
• many a mickle makes a muckle