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cash cow

noun

Informal.

any business venture, operation, or product that is a dependable source of income or profit.

cash cow

noun

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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Idioms and Phrases

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.

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“It is also a cash cow and it has an identity for a network, which is truly important.”

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The biggest cash cow among foreign students has been in taught post-graduate degrees.

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"Welsh government is discouraging the whole industry," he claimed, accusing ministers of seeing it as a "cash cow to be milked".

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Fight novelty act and undisputed cash cow Jake Paul or agree to a multi-fight deal with Riyadh Season under the auspices of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority.

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Will cash cow music labels also pivot to a new model after heavily relying on TikTok's rapidly moving algorithm to discover artists and promote their superstars like Taylor Swift?

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