meal ticket

A meal ticket describes someone or something that will take care of you financially or provide you with financial success. (noun)

An example of a meal ticket is having a singing voice that will make you a star.
An example of a meal ticket is the husband of a trophy wife.

See meal ticket in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See meal ticket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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