(informal)
MAKE A LARGE PROFIT, make a/one's fortune, make money; informal clean up, make a packet, make a pretty penny; Brit. informal make a bomb; N. Amer. informal make big bucks.
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make a killing (informal)
To make a lot of money, a large profit
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Main Entry: ↑kill
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to make a lot of money very quickly
Senior executives have made a killing through massive pay rises.
Thesaurus: to earn a lot of money or earn money easilysynonym
Main entry: killing
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have a great financial success
they're a safe investment, you can make a killing overnight
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ˌmake a ˈkilling idiom
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She made a killing on the stock market.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.