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Business lingo question

supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
What’s a positive idiom for an idea/patent/trademark that generates important revenue for a business? I’m looking for a term like rainmaker that applies to IP as opposed to a person.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    "Cash cow" is the most common term.

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  • YarYar Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Cash cow.

    Gold mine.

    Prints money.

    Jackpot.

    "Bread and butter" is the one I usually hear to refer to something that is a crucial source of revenue, as opposed to just being a good source of revenue.

    "We can't quit selling the graboozle, that's our bread and butter, man!"

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Yar wrote: »
    Cash cow.

    Gold mine.

    Prints money.

    Jackpot.

    "Bread and butter" is the one I usually hear to refer to something that is a crucial source of revenue, as opposed to just being a good source of revenue.

    "We can't quit selling the graboozle, that's our bread and butter, man!"
    I'll take 6 of your graboozles, and 5 whamdoodles!

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