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Definition of moneymaker
1 : one that accumulates wealth
2 : one (such as a plan or product) that produces profit
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Treating rare diseases For drugs designed for a large population of patients, such as those with cancer or Alzheimer's disease, pharmaceutical companies are eager to develop treatments that will be obvious moneymakers.
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Lucia, the ambitious daughter of a Mexican crime lord, sees the burgeoning cocaine business as a potential moneymaker and manipulates her family into entering the dangerous, profitable trade.
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SoFi, an online personal finance company geared toward younger moneymakers, is tapping into that fervor with a cheeky new promotion coming up.
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Expect the board to stamp its approval on plans to set up more such games, which are important moneymakers for a football program and athletic department somewhat handcuffed by the realities of life outside of the Power Five.
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But up until now, the e-commerce titan has managed to irrevocably alter the industry without making much of a dent in retail’s biggest moneymaker of all—the $800 billion grocery business.
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Adding salt therapy to spa services is another moneymaker.
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Historically a phenomenal moneymaker for parent Walt Disney, ESPN has raised concerns among Wall Street analysts lately, despite continuing to be a ratings powerhouse in demographics that set advertisers all aflutter.
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The programs can be a moneymaker for governments, which collect the loan payments and turn them over to the lending companies, which pay and manage the contractors.
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1834
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