单词 | money-spinning |
释义 | money-spinningn. 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. 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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