moneymaking

American  

[muhn-ee-mey-king] / ˈmʌn iˌmeɪ kɪŋ /

adjective

1. profitable.

   a moneymaking scheme.

2. capable of making make or promising to make money.

   the moneymaking part of the deal.

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noun

1. the making make of money.

Etymology

Origin of moneymaking

First recorded in 1730–40; money + making

Example Sentences

But many family-run businesses come unstuck because they focus on short-term moneymaking, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

By narrowing the company’s moneymaking lineup, he is giving himself even less room for error.

From The Wall Street Journal

Slater’s Mill became both a moneymaking success and an example for other American industrialists.

From Barron's

Trying to establish a link between Sun’s moves that benefited China and Hu’s moneymaking activities complicated the government’s case.

From The Wall Street Journal

There, he said, he planned to “draft a new letter to my potential investors. Racing wolves! Half-human child jockeys! It’s one brilliant moneymaking scheme after another!”

From Literature