moneymaker
nounUS /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkɚ/ · UK /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkə/
Etymology From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money + maker.
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.
- “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.”1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time:
2 more examples
- 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.2011 April 1, Annette Fuentes, “School Lunches in Affluent Districts Emerge as Moneymakers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- 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.2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
- Shake your moneymaker / You gotta shake your moneymaker / And then?1961, Elmore James, “Shake Your Moneymaker”, Fire Records:
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Obsolete One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.