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Producing a sizeable profit
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lucrative
Word definitions for lucrative in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. produce a surplus; profitable.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. producing a good profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: moneymaking , remunerative ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB highly ▪ The North-West programme franchise remains highly lucrative , with under three years to go before renewal or a reshuffle. more ▪ Films are more lucrative because there is a genuine market. ▪ Consequently, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Old French lucratif "profitable" and directly from Latin lucrativus "gainful, profitable," from lucratus , past participle of lucrari "to gain," from lucrum "gain, profit" (see lucre ). Related: Lucratively ; lucrativeness .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre .] Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the ...
Usage examples of lucrative.
What kind of lawyer would interrupt a lucrative private practice to investigate a misdemeanor drug possession allegation against anyone?
The allegation on the tapes that Vernon Jordan was trying to silence Lewinsky with a job was the perfect link to their investigation of Jordan, whom they suspected was trying to silence Webster Hubbell by helping him get a lucrative contract with Revlon.
Ever determined to secure her reign, she spent her burgeoning fortune on the best mercenaries in the world, keeping them loyal with lucrative contracts.
The proudest parents released the data to the media, then mixed themselves celebratory cocktails, stepping out onto their porches and balconies to wait for the lucrative offers to start flowing their way.
And in exchange for which you got two lucrative directorships of companies controlled by my husband, Augusta thought.
It turned out a very lucrative branch of my business, and my electioneering expenses were a good investment.
The king had just appointed him chief huntsman, not so exalted an office as chamberlain, but a more lucrative one.
The Republic had given him this employ--a very lucrative one-- and he was only sorry that it would expire in two years.
The new owner of Kamp Kodiak wanted him to sign another, more lucrative contract and hold his hand long-distance.
Soho crowd, to his humble but lucrative sinecure in the Megalopolis Galleria, where he set up shop after that vast shopping mall elected a governor and declared statehood.
I have no lucrative talents, no profession, nothing to give me the assurance that I am able to earn my living.
There was simply no stopping the vast, lucrative trade which provided the British oligarchical feudal lords with untold billions, while leaving China with millions of opium addicts.
Ternathia had struck a deal with the Bolakini for possession of the Fist in a lucrative treaty, sealed with intermarriages and trade agreements, which included levies on all non-Ternathian shipping that pased the Fist.
Radical ideologues, faced with Niagara-size flows of polluter money from Coors, Olin, Scaife, and others, set up magazines and newspapers and cultivated a generation of young pundits, writers and propagandists, giving them lucrative sinecures inside right-wing think tanks, now numbering more than 560, from which they bombard the media with carefully honed messages justifying corporate profit-taking.
Because Clay had the money for advertising and marketing, they could pick the most lucrative class actions and zero in on untapped plaintiffs.