lucrative
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- lucratively adverb
- lucrativeness noun
- nonlucrative adjective
- nonlucratively adverb
- nonlucrativeness noun
- unlucrative adjective
Etymology
Origin of lucrative
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English lucratif, from Middle French, from Latin lucrātīvus “gainful,” from lucrāt(us) “profited” (past participle of lucrārī “to make a profit, gain by economy”; lucre ) + -īvus -ive
Example Sentences
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In this week’s Don’t Short Yourself newsletter, Charles Passy shared a lesson about how lucrative it can be to write a letter of complaint.
From MarketWatch
This makes them more lucrative on a return-on-equity basis than a commercial-and-industrial loan directly to a company, according to a recent paper by an economist at the Kansas City Fed.
Friends, associates and former colleagues and bosses describe Michael as a sharp-elbowed negotiator and a tactician who can turn a mess into a lucrative payday.
That is where the 23-year-old got a lucrative offer: the equivalent of $2,400 a month to join the Russian army, a huge bump from the $720 he earned as a cook.
His management company will get a lucrative fee stream of $200 million a year if the closed-end fund raises $10 billion.
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