moneymaker

[ muhn-ee-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
2. something that produces or yields much pecuniary profit.

moneymaker

/ ˈmʌnɪˌmeɪkə /

noun

1. a person who is intent on accumulating money
2. a person or thing that is or might be profitable

Derived Forms

• ˈmoneyˌmaking, adjectivenoun

Word History and Origins

Origin of moneymaker¹

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

Example Sentences

Google used cookies to help it build a massive advertising business, but because YouTube and Google Search — which don’t need cookies — are its biggest moneymakers, it can afford to live in a cookie-free Web.

From Washington Post

It can also be a moneymaker, as property transactions in Decentraland are monetized via special tokens.

From Ozy

Movies had been just novelties in 1910, but by 1918, they’re huge moneymakers, a vital part of the economy.

From Time

The additional disclosures will begin to appear in apps made for iPads, Mac computers and Apple’s TV streaming device, as well as its biggest moneymaker, the iPhone.

From Fortune

When spills surface, nothing in the 2019 regulations stops producers from turning them into moneymakers.

From ProPublica

Some on the Internet took umbrage with your comments to Glamour that your appearance has “never been my moneymaker.”

From The Daily Beast

The longer an LED lasts, the more it is used, the more of a moneymaker it becomes.

From The Daily Beast

Before long, they began making shoe polish and, the big moneymaker: lip balm.

From The Daily Beast

By the next decade, the show proved both a hit and a moneymaker.

From The Daily Beast

The case has been a moneymaker for journalists who might have found work scarce if not for Knox.

From The Daily Beast

The Moneymaker trees have made little growth and the Stuart tree practically none.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a good thing, and it's been a moneymaker too; it's the only charity I know of that's not a charity but a moneymaking concern.

From Project Gutenberg

On the Yarra she proved a great “moneymaker,” as she earned as much as 80 in a day.

From Project Gutenberg

The machine was now well known, and its value as a moneymaker very apparent.

From Project Gutenberg

Every variety of vegetable grows abundantly and sugar beets are a moneymaker.

From Project Gutenberg