cash machine

noun — 3 senses

cash machine

noun
1

Banking, Business Synonym of automated teller machine.

  • I need to find a cash machine. I paid the tab at lunch, and now I have no cash left.
2

Figuratively Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash.

  • Near-synonym: money bag
  • They say he's her boyfriend, but I think he's mostly just her cash machine.
1 more example
  • Shiny like a limousine / You're spending like a cash machine2020, “Cash Machine”, in Ugly Is Beautiful, performed by Oliver Tree:
3

Figuratively A business perceived as reliably generating good cash flow and profit.

  • These hustle-life influencers are portraying landlording as a cash machine, but really, more specifically, slumlording is what they're hyping.
Related terms
cash advance, cash money, cash-strapped

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