"print money" meaning in English

See print money in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: prints money [present, singular, third-person], printing money [participle, present], printed money [participle, past], printed money [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} print money (third-person singular simple present prints money, present participle printing money, simple past and past participle printed money)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To be extremely profitable. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-print_money-en-verb-8ZlzIl6o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see print, money.
    Sense id: en-print_money-en-verb-U2CVCxAE

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for print money meaning in English (1.5kB)

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