rainmaking en · NOUN
Etymology
From rain + making.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The attempted artificial production of rain, either by use of magic or by seeding clouds.
There are endless varieties of rain-making practised by witch-doctors[.]
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 171:
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(US, informal, uncountable) Hiring someone who creates business opportunities or revenue.
His firm's goal was to fill their gender quota—and simultaneously do some rainmaking by hiring the daughters of CEOs.
2005, Steve Sailer, Why (Some) Men Don’t Support Summers: