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making money

making money is the present participle and gerund of make money.

Meaning of make money

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

Questions about making money

What is making money the present participle and gerund of?
Making money is the present participle and gerund of make money.

Words near making money in the dictionary

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

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