now rare something which brings in money (cf. catchpenny, n. adj.).
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > source of profit (7) get-penny1605 now rare something which brings in money (cf. catchpenny, n. adj.). Diana1640 Alluding to Acts xix. 24: Source of gain. money-spinner1825 Originally: a person who makes large profits by speculation or usury. Later more widely: a person who or (now usually) thing which generates a great… money-maker1850 A thing which makes money or is financially profitable, esp. a product, an enterprise, etc. oof-bird1888 a source of money, a wealthy person. grosser1959 A film, etc., that ‘grosses’ or brings in a sum of money: usually qualified by a defining word (big, etc.). port wages1992 (a) the standard levy paid to dockers, etc., at a port; (b) wages fixed at a hiring market (see sense 1d) (now historical and rare). |
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