make money
idiom
: to earn money : to make a profit
The club made money by selling advertisements in the newsletter.
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The real life Sonny would go on to make money posing as a biker.
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
Meanwhile, John Krasinski’s kids film IF has also continued to make money despite its noxiously bad reviews and not-so-great initial haul.
—Esther Zuckerman, Vox, 13 June 2024
This is the stock market; plenty of people just want to make money.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 14 June 2024
But Google, whose ad technology helps publishers make money, has not yet signed similar deals.
—Katie Robertson, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
Meanwhile, John Krasinski’s kids film IF has also continued to make money despite its noxiously bad reviews and not-so-great initial haul.
—Esther Zuckerman, Vox, 13 June 2024
This is the stock market; plenty of people just want to make money.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 14 June 2024
But Google, whose ad technology helps publishers make money, has not yet signed similar deals.
—Katie Robertson, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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“Make money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20money. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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