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单词 money-spinning
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money-spinningn.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪˌspɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌspɪnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., spinning n.
Etymology: < money n. + spinning n., after money-spinner n.
rare.
The making or accumulation of money.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-making
gainfulness1646
money-spinning1855
profit-making1856
payability1916
1855 F. Chamier My Trav. III. iv. 95 Money-spinning defies even a sirocco or a pestilence.
1890 Harper's Mag. Sept. 595/1 Late July and early August..give ease for repairs and oiling the machinery of money-spinning.
1934 C. Brooks Jrnl. 22 Apr. (1998) 58 Men who make their livings by share-shuffling and money spinning are the most unlikeable of all human types.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

money-spinningadj.

Brit. /ˈmʌnɪˌspɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməniˌspɪnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., spinning adj.
Etymology: < money n. + spinning adj., after money-spinner n. Compare earlier money-spinning n.
Chiefly British.
Financially very profitable.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profiteering
profiteering1814
plunderbund1902
money-spinning1932
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable
winning1435
lucrous1511
beneficial1526
lucrative1526
gainful1561
profitful1568
gainsome1579
profiting1590
requiteful1607
pennisome1631
lucriferous1648
opulent1648
emolumental1664
quick1681
well-metalleda1734
pay-rent1742
profitable1758
emolumentary1775
remunerative1813
economical1815
repaying1820
well-paying1832
benefited1837
paying1841
payable1855
money-making1887
economic1899
bankable1927
megadollar1963
money-spinning1973
1932 W. Lewis Ess. on Art (1989) 188 Books be the wares he [sc. the pure business man] unfortunately has selected to lavish his money-spinning brains upon.
1973 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 1 Mar. 2/2 The money spinning lager boom already accounts for some 12 per cent. of the beer drunk in Britain.
1993 Guardian 24 July 33/6 The threat to the multinationals has increased significantly as many of the patents developed for money-spinning treatments developed in the 1970s and early 1980s come ‘off patent’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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