moneymaker

[ muhn-ee-mey-ker ]

/ ˈmʌn iˌmeɪ kər /

noun

a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.

something that produces or yields much pecuniary profit.

Words nearby moneymaker

moneychanger, moneyed, moneyer, moneygrubber, moneylender, moneymaker, moneymaking, moneyman, moneyspinning, moneywort, mong

Origin of moneymaker

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at money, maker

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Examples from the Web for money-maker

Your father's nature is too fine strung to be a money-maker, and she must be cared for.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.|Charles James Lever
They closed with the offer, and from the very first the medicine was a money-maker.
The Purple Heights|Marie Conway Oemler
Nowhere is Plato more keen or more fair than in his judgment of the money-maker.
The Five Great Philosophies of Life|William de Witt Hyde
Mary was the money-maker, and he was really her business-manager.
Furze the Cruel|John Trevena

He had to choose between the life of the money-maker or that of the creator of a new field of knowledge.
Swirling Waters|Max Rittenberg

British Dictionary definitions for money-maker

moneymaker

/ (ˈmʌnɪˌmeɪkə) /

noun

a person who is intent on accumulating money

a person or thing that is or might be profitable

Derived forms of moneymaker

moneymaking, adjective, noun

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