cash cow

noun

: a consistently profitable business, property, or product whose profits are used to finance a company's investments in other areas

: one regarded or exploited as a reliable source of money

a singer deemed a cash cow for the record label

Examples of cash cow in a Sentence

The football team was a cash cow for the university. The movie studio saw the actress as a cash cow.

Recent Examples on the Web Experiences, which also include Disney's theme parks, have been a cash cow in recent years. —

Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 The economics of the bundle — still a cash cow for content providers like Disney and Comcast’s NBCUniversal — have driven rights increases for decades. —

Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 One year after its U.S. debut, TikTok Shop remains an enigma for many brands in search of sales success — and a cash cow for others who have benefited either from early adoption, product alignment with the platform’s trends, or both. —

Noor Lobad, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024 Simple is good, especially in the world of slot machines, which remain the cash cow for any casino. —

Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cash cow

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