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cash cow

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a cash cow
a business or a part of a business that always makes a lot of profit. The British newspapers are the group's biggest cash cow, earning nearly 40% of group profits.
See also: cash, cow
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That's because for contractors and unions, the LAUSD is a cash cow, and electing the right people can be highly lucrative.
EDITORIAL MONEY POLITICS SPECIAL-INTEREST CASH FUELS SCHOOL BOARD ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It's a lousy business unless, of course, you have a cash cow metalcasting business that is so lucrative you'll invest in a marginal business to protect it.
Considering machining by Marcus, Dan / Modern Casting
And with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the wings to take the space at rents in the $80s per s/f, Broadway Partners was able to convert the block of uncertainty into a likely cash cow and vault itself over competing bidders who all undoubtedly discounted their bids to compensate for the building's vacancy.
Broadway Partners in talks for deal at Madison Ave by Geiger, Daniel / Real Estate Weekly
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