moneymaker

See also: Moneymaker, money maker, and money-maker

English

Alternative forms

• money-maker, money maker

Etymology

From Middle English monymaker; equivalent to money +‎ maker.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌniˌmeɪkə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: mon‧ey‧mak‧er

Noun

moneymaker (plural moneymakers)

1. Someone or something that earns or makes money; anything lucrative or profitable.

   With careful management, she hoped to grow her small business into a real moneymaker.

   • 1990 July 16, David M. Gross, Sophfronia Scott, “Proceeding With Caution”, in Time‎^[1]:

     “The media don’t really give young people role models anymore,” says Christina Chinn, 21, of Denver. “Now you get role models like Donald Trump and all of the moneymakers — no one with real ideals.”

   • 2011 April 1, Annette Fuentes, “School Lunches in Affluent Districts Emerge as Moneymakers”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     School lunch as a moneymaker is not possible in most public schools because the federal National School Lunch Program that provides subsidies to feed low-income students specifically prohibits it.

   • 2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 July 2018:

     In a sense, The Bleeding Edge is about the privatization of our well-being; our bodies and illnesses are money-makers and, even if we know that our doctors have our best interests in mind, a treatment is some way a transaction between a patient and a glacially huge pharma-medical conglomerate out to make a profit.

2. (slang, vulgar) (usually a woman's) butt, ass, rear end

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks

   • 1961, Elmore James (lyrics and music), “Shake Your Moneymaker”, Fire Records:

     Shake your moneymaker / You gotta shake your moneymaker / And then?

3. (slang, vulgar) A lady’s breast.
4. (obsolete) One who makes (especially counterfeit) money.

Middle English

Noun

moneymaker

1. Alternative form of monymaker