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a cash cow
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a product or business that steadily makes a lot of money
A business term, used neutrally in reports. It can sound critical when people are treated as a cash cow.
In context
For years, printer ink was the company's cash cow.
The football club treats its fans as a cash cow, raising ticket prices every season.
More idioms about money
- a false economya way of saving money that ends up costing more later
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- a money pitsomething, often a house or car, that costs you much more money than it is worth
- a nest eggan amount of money saved over time for the future, such as retirement
- a penny saved is a penny earnedsaving money is as useful as earning it