Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain,
fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.]
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1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of
money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.
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The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative,
may bear usury at a good rate. --Bacon.
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2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.]
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Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative
lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of
matters and actions from term to term. --Latimer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lucrative
adj : producing a good profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: moneymaking,
remunerative]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "lucrative":
advantageous, banausic, breadwinning, compensating, compensative,
compensatory, fat, gainful, good, moneymaking, paying, productive,
profitable, remunerative, reparative, repaying, retributive,
retributory, rewardful, rewarding, satisfying, well-paying,
worthwhile
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
moneymaking, remunerative
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