Antonyms for make money
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : muhn-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌn i |
Definition of make money
Origin :- mid-13c., "coinage, metal currency," from Old French monoie "money, coin, currency; change" (Modern French monnaie), from Latin moneta "place for coining money, mint; coined money, money, coinage," from Moneta, a title or surname of the Roman goddess Juno, in or near whose temple money was coined; perhaps from monere "advise, warn" (see monitor (n.)), with the sense of "admonishing goddess," which is sensible, but the etymology is difficult. Extended early 19c. to include paper money.
- It had been justly stated by a British writer that the power to make a small piece of paper, not worth one cent, by the inscribing of a few names, to be worth a thousand dollars, was a power too high to be entrusted to the hands of mortal man. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 29, 1841]I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is the symbol. [Henry Ford]
- To make money "earn pay" is first attested mid-15c. Highwayman's threat your money or your life first attested 1841. Phrase in the money (1902) originally meant "one who finishes among the prize-winners" (in a horse race, etc.). The challenge to put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is is first recorded 1942, American English. money-grub "one who is sordidly intent on amassing money" is from 1768. The image of money burning a hole in someone's pocket is attested from 1520s.
- As in pay : verb profit, yield
- As in profit : verb gain; get or give an advantage
- As in prosper : verb be fortunate; succeed
- As in counterfeit : verb make deceitful imitation
- Only, he's got one terrible fault: he doesn't know how to make money.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He could make money by solving the secret for a troubled soul.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- All the people who had tried to make money and had not been able to do it, said, There you were!
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He was old; he had no money and no way to make money; he could find nothing to do.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- If this means that the poet is not to make money his object, it means well: no man should.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- I desire to make money for reasons that are not entirely selfish, as you know.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- It does not make money an idol, but regards it as a useful agent.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- You can see for yourself, then, whether it is anything by means of which you can make money.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- I told him he'd make money if he could get somebody to take the bet.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- A mint is where they make money and I certainly do not make time.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for make money
- act like
- advance
- affect
- aid
- ape
- arrive
- assume
- augment
- avail
- batten
- be enriched
- be of advantage
- be profitable
- be remunerative
- bear
- bear fruit
- become rich
- become wealthy
- benefit
- better
- bloom
- blossom
- bluff
- bring in
- capitalize on
- carbon
- cash in on
- catch on
- cheat
- circulate bad money
- clean up
- clear
- clone
- coin
- contribute
- copy
- defraud
- delude
- ditto
- do
- do like
- do well
- do wonders
- dupe
- earn
- exploit
- fabricate
- fake
- fare well
- fatten
- feather nest
- feign
- flourish
- flower
- forge
- gain
- get on
- get there
- go like
- go places
- go to town
- grow rich
- help
- hit it big
- hit the jackpot
- imitate
- impersonate
- improve
- increase
- kick back
- knock off
- learn from
- make a haul
- make a killing
- make a return
- make capital
- make good
- make good use of
- make it
- make it big
- make like
- make mark
- make money
- make out
- make the most of
- mimeo
- mimic
- mint
- multiply
- pay
- pay dividends
- pay off
- pay out
- phony
- phony up
- pretend
- produce
- progress
- promote
- prosper
- provide a living
- put on
- put to good use
- realize
- reap the benefit
- recover
- return
- rise
- score
- serve
- sham
- show gain
- show profit
- simulate
- stand in good stead
- stat
- strike it rich
- sweeten
- take advantage of
- thrive
- turn out well
- turn to advantage
- use
- utilize
- work for
- Xerox
- yield
- yield profit
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