Definition of moneymaker
1
:one that accumulates wealth
2
:one (such as a plan or product) that produces profit
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And Swift, like Adele, is one of the few consistent moneymakers the music industry has.
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All the stories of Mayweather’s brutality toward women were rehashed before the Pacquiao fight, and that didn’t stop it from becoming a massive moneymaker.
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The programs can be a moneymaker for governments, which collect the loan payments and turn them over to the lenders, who pay and manage contractors that do the work and act as salespeople.
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For about three decades, Ri was a top moneymaker for the Kim regime, sending millions of dollars a year back to Pyongyang even as round after round of sanctions was imposed to try to punish North Korea for its nuclear defiance.
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In nearly every instance, the Top 50 Moneymakers made the bulk of their earnings from touring.
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The forest has for decades been a moneymaker for the school fund, which is valued at greater than $1.4 billion and distributes tens of millions of dollars to K-12 school programs each year.
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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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1834
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