Money-making \Mon"ey-mak`ing\, n.
The act or process of making money; the acquisition and
accumulation of wealth.
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Obstinacy in money-making. --Milman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Money-making \Mon"ey-mak`ing\, a.
1. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a
money-making business. Opposite of unprofitable.
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2. Successful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as,
a money-making man.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moneymaking
adj 1: producing a good profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative,
remunerative]
2: profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile
and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary
enterprise"; "a moneymaking business" [syn: mercantile,
mercenary, moneymaking(a)]
n : the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "moneymaking":
accession, acquirement, acquisition, addition, advantageous,
attainment, banausic, breadwinning, businesslike, coming by,
commercial, compensating, compensative, compensatory,
dragging down, earnings, fat, gainful, gaining, getting,
getting hold of, good, lucrative, making, materialistic,
moneygetting, moneygrubbing, obtainment, obtention, paying,
practical, procural, procurance, procuration, procurement,
productive, profitable, prosaic, realistic, remunerative,
reparative, repaying, retributive, retributory, rewardful,
rewarding, satisfying, securement, trover, utilitarian,
well-paying, winning, workaday, workday, working, worthwhile
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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