moneymaker

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See also: Moneymaker, money maker, and money-maker

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Etymology

From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

Noun

moneymaker (plural moneymakers)

  1. Someone or something that earns or makes money; anything lucrative or profitable.
    With careful management, she hoped to grow her small business into a real moneymaker.
    • 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time‎:
      “The media don’t really give young people role models anymore,” says Christina Chinn, 21, of Denver. “Now you get role models like Donald Trump and all of the moneymakers — no one with real ideals.”
    • 2011 April 1, Annette Fuentes, “School Lunches in Affluent Districts Emerge as Moneymakers”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      School lunch as a moneymaker is not possible in most public schools because the federal National School Lunch Program that provides subsidies to feed low-income students specifically prohibits it.
    • 2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      In a sense, The Bleeding Edge is about the privatization of our well-being; our bodies and illnesses are money-makers and, even if we know that our doctors have our best interests in mind, a treatment is some way a transaction between a patient and a glacially huge pharma-medical conglomerate out to make a profit.
  2. (slang, vulgar) (usually a woman's) butt, ass, rear end
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
  3. (slang, vulgar) A lady’s breast.
  4. (obsolete) One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.

Middle English

Noun

moneymaker

  1. Alternative form of monymaker
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