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lucrative |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus fr lucrari to gain, fr lucrum gain: cf F. lucratif See {Lucre}.] 1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. --Bacon. 2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lucrative adj : producing a good profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: {moneymaking}, {remunerative}]
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