money spinner

noun [C] UK informal COMMERCE

Definition

› a product, business, or idea that makes a lot of money: Consumer finance is not necessarily a money spinner any longer.

money-spinning › You may have a money-spinning idea, but you will need the capital to implement it.

(Definition of money spinner noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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