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lucrative
/ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/
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What does lucrative mean?
adjective
- Producing a surplus; profitable.
- Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
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IPA pronunciation
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It was no use attempting to continue, so she gave up "the worst of trades," lucrative though it might be.
To dream of a sculptor, foretells you will change from your present position to one less lucrative, but more distinguished.
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“I hope so, Uncle George, for Dartmoor’s sake. I am told that pork-packing is the most lucrative profession in America, after politics.”
Like many other city men, he has dreamed of the "chicken farm" as the ideal occupation free from too much work and yet lucrative.