moneymaker
[muhn-ee-mey-ker]
- a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- something that produces or yields much pecuniary profit.
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Origin of moneymaker
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Examples from the Web for moneymaker
Contemporary Examples
Some on the Internet took umbrage with your comments to Glamour that your appearance has “never been my moneymaker.”
Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2,’ Drunken Horror Stories, and Singin’ PharrellMarlow Stern
July 24, 2014
The longer an LED lasts, the more it is used, the more of a moneymaker it becomes.
By the next decade, the show proved both a hit and a moneymaker.
The case has been a moneymaker for journalists who might have found work scarce if not for Knox.
Historical Examples
On the Yarra she proved a great “moneymaker,” as she earned as much as 80 in a day.
The City of AucklandJohn Barr
The machine was now well known, and its value as a moneymaker very apparent.
Historic InventionsRupert S. Holland
The Moneymaker trees have made little growth and the Stuart tree practically none.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual MeetingNorthern Nut Growers Association
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.
Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2John Wilson Townsend
Every variety of vegetable grows abundantly and sugar beets are a moneymaker.
Canada West 1914Unknown
moneymaker
- a person who is intent on accumulating money
- a person or thing that is or might be profitable
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