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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a buck for a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in informal contexts to refer to the cost or price of something, often implying a bargain or a low price.
Example: "I found a great deal at the market; it was just a buck for a fresh apple."
Alternatives: "a dollar for a" or "one buck for a".
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Nearly a buck for a bagel!
It was cheaper to buy a 25-cent ticket to the kiddie matinee than it was to pay a buck for a flophouse bed.
(I don't know about your town, but in my Brooklyn neighborhood, the savvy youth charge at least a buck for a measly few ounces of colored sugar water).
It documents a label that released the blues, country, jazz, folk – anything, basically, that might turn a buck for a furniture company who wanted to flog more of their record players.
A New York street staple of a pretzel and a soda -- a buck for a pretzel and 80 cents for the drink at any corner -- cost $7.50 at Yankee Stadium: $3.50 for the pretzel (a packet of mustard is free -- how generous the baseball magnates are) and $4 for a regular soda.
It's a nice, soft way of setting a price floor without preventing cash-strapped (or just cheap) people from paying a buck for a good game.
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A buck for both.
Now, Connecticut's tourism officials have to stretch a buck for statewide marketing campaigns — over an entire year.
Occasionally, though, a documentary makes a buck for those involved — and the new documentary based on "Freakonomics" could do just that.
You could probably get a buck for 3 quarters, a very good margin, with little overhead.
Consider renting a buck for your goat.
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