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Definition of Moneymaking

1. Noun. The act of making money (and accumulating wealth).

2. Adjective. Producing a sizeable profit. "A remunerative business"

3. Adjective. Profit oriented. "A moneymaking business"

Definition of Moneymaking

1. n. The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.

2. a. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money- making business.

Definition of Moneymaking

1. Adjective. Profitable. ¹

2. Adjective. For profit. ¹

3. Noun. The act of making money, of profiting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moneymaking

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moneymaking

moneychangers moneychanging moneyed moneyer moneyers moneygrubber moneygrubbers moneygrubbing moneygrubbings moneylender

moneylenders moneylending moneyless moneymaker moneymakers moneymaking moneymaking(a) moneymakings moneyman moneymen

moneyness moneynesses moneyocracy moneys moneyspinner moneyspinners moneyspinning moneywise moneywort moneyworts

Literary usage of Moneymaking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Savoy: An Illustrated Monthly by Arthur Symons (1896)
"At the one, work is a necessary evil and moneymaking a pleasure: at the other, work is the objective realisation of life and moneymaking a nuisance. ..."

2. Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from by William J. Northen (1912)
"... about a half million dollars, which, while a good property, is but a small part of what he might have accumulated had moneymaking been his sole ideal. ..."

3. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"... beginning when they are hardly past childhood, they devote only the time saved from moneymaking and housekeeping to such pursuits; and even those of ..."

4. The Savoy: An Illustrated Monthly by Arthur Symons (1896)
"At the one, work is a necessary evil and moneymaking a pleasure: at the other, work is the objective realisation of life and moneymaking a nuisance. ..."

5. Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from by William J. Northen (1912)
"... about a half million dollars, which, while a good property, is but a small part of what he might have accumulated had moneymaking been his sole ideal. ..."

6. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"... beginning when they are hardly past childhood, they devote only the time saved from moneymaking and housekeeping to such pursuits; and even those of ..."

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