moneymaker
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money + maker.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: mon‧ey‧mak‧er
Noun edit
moneymaker (plural moneymakers)
- 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[1]:
- “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[2], →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[3]:
- 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.
- (slang, vulgar) (usually a woman's) butt, ass, rear end
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks
- 1961, Elmore James (lyrics and music), “Shake Your Moneymaker”, Fire Records:
- Shake your moneymaker / You gotta shake your moneymaker / And then?
- (slang, vulgar) A lady’s breast.
- (obsolete) One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
moneymaker
- Alternative form of monymaker