bacon
/ˈbeɪkən/ noun [U]Definition
bring home the bacon informal › to earn money to live on: Men were once solely responsible for bringing home the bacon. › to be successful at something: They said they would bring home the bacon, but so far they have done no such thing, with sales falling 14%.
(Definition of bacon noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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