cash cow
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Etymology
An allusion to the dairy cow, who once acquired (and having given birth) may be milked on an ongoing basis.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
- (business) A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.
- 1980, D. J. Hall, M. A. Saias, “Strategy Follows Structure!”, in Strategic Management Journal, volume 1, number 2, page 181:
- The managers of a cash cow are primarily responsible for the generation of cash, and they should in principle be willing to give cash away to those other businesses in the portfolio which need it most.
- (by extension) Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money.
- Synonyms: moneymaker, golden goose
- 2004 May 11, Dan Milmo, “Press tycoon Lord Black used company as ‘cash cow’, says $1.25bn lawsuit”, in The Guardian, retrieved 30 Oct. 2008:
- Hollinger International, the owner of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, claimed in the 175-page filing that its former chief executive had treated the company as his "cash cow".
- 2021 January 30, Kellen Browning, “They’re Flocking to America to Make a Fortune Playing Video Games”, in The New York Times:
- Many of the League Championship Series’ 10 teams are backed by billionaires who also own traditional U.S. sports teams. But the sport has not yet become a cash cow. To get in on League of Legends, teams had to pay Riot $10 million to $13 million.
Translations
something that generates free cash flow
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someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money
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