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make money

make money verb: to make a profit from a particular activity.

Verb

make money (third-person singular simple present makes money, present participle making money, simple past and past participle made money)

  1. (idiomatic) To make a profit from a particular activity.
    • To close a railway simply because it is not making money, he said, "might be the most expensive thing the Government could do."1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220

make money meaning in Kannada

make money in Kannada

ಗಂಟುಮಾಡು

Forms of make money

third-person singular presentmakes money
present participlemaking money
past participlemade money
pastmade money

Questions about make money

What does make money mean?
Make money means to make a profit from a particular activity.
What is make money in Kannada?
Make money in Kannada is ಗಂಟುಮಾಡು. See Make money meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is make money?
Make money is a verb.
What is the past tense of make money?
The past tense of make money is made money.

Words near make money in the dictionary

  1. make mileage out of
  2. make mincemeat of
  3. make mincemeat out of
  4. make moan
  5. make mockery of
  6. make money
  7. make mouths
  8. make much
  9. make muffins
  10. make music
  11. make neither head nor tail of

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