make money
idiom
: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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And then somebody's just using your music to make money for training AI robots to kill people.
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Allaire Nuss, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
In the beginning, Mark was fighting to survive, fighting to make money and make something for himself.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
People who make money spend money; people who don’t pay taxes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Although the World Wide Web had existed for two years, nobody really knew how to make money off it, at least besides domain squatters, internet service providers like AOL, and browser providers like Netscape (which would soon be decimated by Microsoft).
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
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Allaire Nuss, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
In the beginning, Mark was fighting to survive, fighting to make money and make something for himself.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
People who make money spend money; people who don’t pay taxes.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Although the World Wide Web had existed for two years, nobody really knew how to make money off it, at least besides domain squatters, internet service providers like AOL, and browser providers like Netscape (which would soon be decimated by Microsoft).
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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