moneymaking scheme; get-rich-quick proposal; talk of a lucrative deal
Often carries a slightly dubious or too-good-to-be-true nuance; used when someone pitches an idea to make easy money.
He always brings shady moneymaking schemes.
There's no way such a sweet get-rich-quick deal exists.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in casual writing.
Compound of 儲け (profit, earnings) and 話 (story, talk). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since at least the early modern period to refer to talk of profitable ventures.