any business venture, operation, or product that is a dependable source of income or profit.
Examples from the web for cash cow
Procedures are a cash cow for hospitals and specialists.
For those with the right connections, this has been a major cash cow.
Not, however, before some companies had consigned their electronics businesses to the fate of the cash cow.
He was a control freak, who created a proprietorial cash cow, while convincing his exploited customers that he was a saviour.
It is a cash cow, capable of profits today but destined for the dust heap in the medium term.
But there's no question that the social game market, with its virtual currencies and unlimited stock of goods, is a huge cash cow.
But universities have their own weak point, their own vulnerable cash cow: lower-division undergraduate education.
Contracting with the government is actually the biggest cash cow in the country.
Others see it as a cash cow with sufficient resources to handle collateral interests.
British Dictionary definitions for cash cow
cash cow
noun
1.
a product, acquisition, etc, that produces a steady flow of cash, esp one with a well-known brand name commanding a high market share
Slang definitions & phrases for cash cow
cash cow
noun phrase
A source of money, esp a generous one: But all this leaves The New Republic Inc without a cash cow/ For a fairly blatant cash cow, Pisces Iscariot delivers some fine milk(1970s+)
Idioms and Phrases with cash cow
cash cow
A dependable source of profit, as in The small-appliance division is this company's cash cow. Although this precise term dates only from about 1970, milch cow was used in exactly the same way from 1601.