lucrative
pronunciation
How to pronounce lucrative in British English:
UK [ˈluːkrətɪv]
How to pronounce lucrative in American English:
US [ˈluːkrətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- producing a good profit
Word Origin
- lucrative (adj.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. His secret sauce is perhaps a very lucrative secret .
- 2. It was the crown commodity in the lucrative feather trade .
- 3. Such sales are lucrative , but also divisive .
- 4. Serving the scattered balkan diasporas ought to be lucrative .
- 5. Private banks have even turned this into a lucrative line of business .