cash cow
noun
1
: a consistently profitable business, property, or product whose profits are used to finance a company's investments in other areas
2
: 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.
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Minor technical violations can lead to million-dollar payouts, transforming PAGA into a cash cow for wealthy trial lawyers and a crushing threat to small businesses throughout the state.
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Steve Hilton, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But the Cubs broke off to form the Marquee Sports Network in 2020, and regional sports networks, long the cash cow of pay TV, have struggled financially in recent years as cord-cutting takes its toll on the cable bundle.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Until there is the kind of leadership and foresight that takes into account the benefits for the local people and the health of the mountain, nothing is going to change because the peak is a massive cash cow.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
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Steve Hilton, Oc Register, 5 July 2025
Abandoning a cash cow for an unproven idea is not a trivial undertaking.
—Zain Jaffer, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
But the Cubs broke off to form the Marquee Sports Network in 2020, and regional sports networks, long the cash cow of pay TV, have struggled financially in recent years as cord-cutting takes its toll on the cable bundle.
—Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Until there is the kind of leadership and foresight that takes into account the benefits for the local people and the health of the mountain, nothing is going to change because the peak is a massive cash cow.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for cash cow
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“Cash cow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20cow. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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