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moneymaking

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mon·ey·mak·ing  (mn-mkng)
n.
Acquisition of money or other wealth.
adj.
1. Engaged or successful in acquiring wealth.
2. Actually or potentially profitable: a moneymaking business proposition.

money·maker n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.moneymakingmoneymaking - the act of making money (and accumulating wealth)
acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"
Adj.1.moneymakingmoneymaking - producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business"
profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"
2.moneymakingmoneymaking - profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"
commercial - connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises; "commercial trucker"; "commercial TV"; "commercial diamonds"
Translations
moneymaking [ˈmʌnɪˌmeɪkɪŋ] adjche rende (bene or molto), lucrativo/a
moneymaking [ˈmʌnɪˌmeɪkɪŋ] adjche rende (bene or molto), lucrativo/a


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At present, I said, the students of philosophy are quite young; beginning when they are hardly past childhood, they devote only the time saved from moneymaking and housekeeping to such pursuits; and even those of them who are reputed to have most of the philosophic spirit, when they come within sight of the great difficulty of the subject, I mean dialectic, take themselves off.
 
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