'Lucrative' definitions:

Definition of 'lucrative'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative]

Definition of 'Lucrative'

From: GCIDE
  • Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. [1913 Webster]
  • The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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