to earn money

to make a profit

slang for "this is not gonna work"

profitable

a waste of time and effort

to cheat

to earn

to make money online

profit (colloquial)

only to end up in; only to result in; only to come to

futile efforts; vain efforts

to earn back (money one invested, wasted etc)

a business strategy, meaning when the item is sold for a higher price at the beginning of a sale, a normal price in the middle of the sale, and then a much lower price at the very end; to make a gain at the beginning but make a loss at the end

to earn a fortune

(literally: to earn money to buy flowers for wearing); one's salary is not needed for basic living expenses and can be spent on luxuries

a waste of breath; beating a dead horse; futile; pointless

(of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts; to spend money to win customers