make money
idiom
: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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How does Priority Gold make money?
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Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
After all, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre only scared away investors from China for a few years; opportunities to make money in Deng Xiaoping’s market economy soon lured them back.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Its original purpose was to benefit society by making its findings public and royalty-free rather than to make money.
—Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
That meant that the mother or sister could sew, either to make money or just for the needs of the household.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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Sharon Wu, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
After all, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre only scared away investors from China for a few years; opportunities to make money in Deng Xiaoping’s market economy soon lured them back.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Its original purpose was to benefit society by making its findings public and royalty-free rather than to make money.
—Alnoor Ebrahim, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
That meant that the mother or sister could sew, either to make money or just for the needs of the household.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
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