Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A steady dependable source of funds or income: "a collapse of its profitable cash cow, the clusters of word-processing machines” ( Christian Science Monitor).
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic, business A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.
- n. idiomatic, by extension Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a project that generates a continuous flow of money
Etymologies
- An allusion to the dairy cow, which once acquired may be milked on an ongoing basis. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cash cow’.
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Cattle
cattle, cow, beef, steer, heifer, calf, bull, cattle call, Black Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Dwarf Lulu and 402 more...
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BUSI - collocations
chattel mortgage, stock option, tax shelter, discount store, enterprise zone, savings bond, commodity brokerage, liquor licence, credit bureau, bank draft, capital gain, junk bond and 192 more...
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EN - newSPEAK
Buzzwords of our time
actionable, administrivia, advermation, agreeance, backbone provider, back-sourcing, baked in, bandwidth, barn raising, Barneyware, belly-buttons, Below Zeros and 1076 more...
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TECH - business collocations
annual turnover, break off negotia..., cease trading, close a deal, come to the point, dismiss an offer, draw a conclusion, launch a new product, lay off staff, go bankrupt, go into partnership, make a loss and 211 more...
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EN - cool expressions
Trendy, funny or highly descriptive collocations
overstep the mark, open a big can of..., bad hair day, the icing on the ..., low-hanging fruit, ripple effect, big cheese, tackle an issue h..., root-and-branch r..., throw good money ..., open Pandora's box, place on the back... and 147 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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that's just beastly!
cat-o-nine-tails, snake in the grass, puppy love, white elephant, crocodile tears, monkey business, keep the wolf fro..., culture vulture, black sheep of th..., scapegoat, ugly duckling, swan song and 260 more...
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Noah's Park
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sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...
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Animalia Wordia
Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.
paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...
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Fun Phrases & Idioms
dust up, wreak havoc, the willies, cash cow, average joe, drama queen, fancy pants, houston we have a..., in your face, just deserts, kangaroo court, quality time and 78 more...
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spondee!
rat-trap, sad-sack, dingbat, flapjack, mad max, ho hum, dilly-dally, flim flam, hugger-mugger, nitty-gritty, humdrum, pish posh and 10 more...
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Fanciful Beasts
sun dog, hot dog, dust bunny, shutter dog, spelling bee, cash cow, jailbird, copycat, paper tiger, sewing bee, charley horse, high horse and 47 more...
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gulyasrobi HU = fejos tehen (milking cow) Jul 18, 2012