cash cow
Use Cash cow in a sentencecash cow
noun Informal.
any business venture, operation, or product that is a dependable source of income or profit.
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| cash cow | |
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| a product, acquisition, etc, that produces a steady flow of cash, esp one with a well-known brand name commanding a high market share | |
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Cash cow
is always a great word to know.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cash cow
A dependable source of profit, as in The small-appliance division is this company's cash cow. Although this precise term dates only from about 1970, milch cow was used in exactly the same way from 1601.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
But universities have their own weak point, their own vulnerable cash cow: lower-division undergraduate education.
He was a control freak, who created a proprietorial cash cow, while convincing his exploited customers that he was a saviour.
Procedures are a cash cow for hospitals and specialists.
Others see it as a cash cow with sufficient resources to handle collateral interests.
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