moneymaking

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moneymaking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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moneymaking - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  moneymaking
      adj 1: producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business"
             [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, 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 1: the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)

moneymaking - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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