Definitions

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  • noun Someone or something that earns or makes money; something that is lucrative.

Etymologies

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From money +‎ maker.

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Examples

  • This Roland Emmerich/Dean Devlin moneymaker is the perfect culprit of the crime I just mentioned.

    Top 10 Pointless Remakes » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • The team's investors aren't seeking a short-term moneymaker, Neukom said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • The team's investors aren't seeking a short-term moneymaker, Neukom said.

    Microsoft, Cisco Alumni Use Tech Savvy to Get Giants to Series - Bloomberg 2010

  • The team's investors aren't seeking a short-term moneymaker, Neukom said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • City projections, however, show the current deal being a long-term moneymaker for the city treasury, funneling $1.2 billion into local businesses and generating a 10.3 percent return on a $55 million infrastructure investment for race organizers.

    SFGate: Top News Stories jcote@sfchronicle.com (John Coté 2010

  • The team's investors aren't seeking a short-term moneymaker, Neukom said.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • City projections, however, show the current deal being a long-term moneymaker for the city treasury, funneling $1.2 billion into local businesses and generating a 10.3 percent return on a $55 million infrastructure investment for race organizers.

    SFGate: Top News Stories jcote@sfchronicle.com (John Coté 2010

  • A followup that delivered what Reloaded had promised might not have been a long-term moneymaker, but it would have made somebody happy.

    Alternate Histories 2004

  • JOHN KIHIA, DIRECTOR KENYAN KICKSTART: This pump is called a moneymaker, because it brings wealth in (INAUDIBLE) not able to before.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005 2005

  • JOHN KIHIA, DIRECTOR KENYAN KICKSTART: This pump is called a moneymaker, because it brings wealth in (INAUDIBLE) not able to before.

    CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2005 2005

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