moneymaking

[ muhn-ee-mey-king ]

adjective

1. profitable:

   a moneymaking scheme.

2. capable of making make or promising to make money:

   the moneymaking part of the deal.

noun

1. the making make of money.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moneymaking¹

First recorded in 1730–40; money + making

Example Sentences

They are humanized as artists in their own right as opposed to robots in a moneymaking machine.

From Los Angeles Times

After the trust’s longtime leader left in 2018, the organization cycled through chief executives who put forward increasingly desperate moneymaking schemes.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, those arid ranch lands are offering a new moneymaking opportunity: data centers.

From New York Times

The approval of the treatment is as much scientific novelty as it is pharmaceutical industry moneymaking bonanza.

From New York Times

He noted that wealthier people would be able to avoid the draft by paying a bribe, thus making conscription an effective moneymaking operation for regime officials.

From New York Times