ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rainmaking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Rainmaking is a noun meaning The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.

Meaning

The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.

More Meanings

  1. (US, informal) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.

Example Sentences

There are endless varieties of rain-making practised by witch-doctors[.]
His firm's goal was to fill their gender quota—and simultaneously do some rainmaking by hiring the daughters of CEOs.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pluviculture, rainout, cloudbuster, rain, misting, icemaking.

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