What is "money-maker"

Money-maker \Mon"ey-mak`er\, n.

1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [R.]

2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

c.1400, "one who coins money," from money + maker. Meaning "thing which yields profit" is from 1899.