Meaning of cash cow in the LingoTies English Dictionary

cash cow

cash cow [idiom]

a business or source that provides consistent and rather easy profit

Example:

It seems the new actress is the cash cow for the director.

cash cow

noun [countable]
something that a company sells very successfully and that brings in a lot of money

cash cow
noun (business)
the part of a business that always makes a profit and that provides money for the rest of the business

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition
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