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Meaning of moneymaker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈmʌniˌmeɪkɚ/

Definitions

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a person who made coins.
  2. Someone or something that earns or makes money; anything lucrative or profitable.
  3. (usually a woman's) butt, ass, rear end
    slang, vulgar
  4. A lady’s breast.
    slang, vulgar
  5. One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.
    obsolete

Examples

“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.””
“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.”
“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.”
“Shake your moneymaker / You gotta shake your moneymaker / And then?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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