money making, n.All

Money-making (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the driving motive of capitalist production, for which production itself is only an unavoidable middle term, a necessary evil.