Money-making

Money-making
Money-making Mon"ey-mak`ing, a. 1. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business. Opposite of {unprofitable}. [1913 Webster]

2. Successful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as, a money-making man. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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