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noun Informal .
any business venture, operation, or product that is a dependable source of income or profit.
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cash basis ,
cashbook ,
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cash card ,
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cash crop ,
cash customer ,
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cash dispenser
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How to use cash cow in a sentence āInstead of competing on the merits, Facebook used its power to suppress competition so it could take advantage of users and make billions by converting personal data into a cash cow ,ā James said.
BERT, as noted above, now also powers Google search, the companyās cash cow .
Because of that, Discovery has to build up its streaming business in a way that wonāt cannibalize its linear cash cow .
It will also give the company a stronger shot at a newer revenue stream to complement advertising, which remains its biggest cash cow by a big margin.
Still, Cape ended up publishing it in 1953 and in doing so created a cash cow for the publishing house.
One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
Crain posted a cash bond of $102.50 apiece shortly before 1:30 P.M., and they returned to the Castle Hotel.
Mister Ham in need of cash: That is something a lot of people will not believe.
Hitchcock was quick to add he didn't see the cash exchange hands, but he doesn't doubt it happened.
He pointed a pistol at a grocery checkout woman and swiped whatever cash he could into his pockets before booking it.
Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
The āCompaƱia General de Tabacosā lost about ā±30,000 in cash in addition to the damage done to their offices and property.
He had five girls by his first wife; there is no reason why this splendid cow I have picked out should not produce a dozen boys.
There are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
Here the pair reached the "Dun Cow" and retired to their respective quarters.
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British Dictionary definitions for cash cow
noun
a product, acquisition, etc, that produces a steady flow of cash, esp one with a well-known brand name commanding a high market share
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cash cow
A dependable source of profit, as in The small-appliance division is this company's cash cow . Although this precise term dates only from about 1970, milch cow was used in exactly the same way from 1601.
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