LUCRATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lucrative mean? 

• LUCRATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective LUCRATIVE has 1 sense:

1. producing a sizeable profit

  Familiarity information: LUCRATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUCRATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Producing a sizeable profit

Synonyms:

lucrative; moneymaking; remunerative

Context example:

a remunerative business

Similar:

profitable (yielding material gain or profit)

 Context examples 

Or you may make a lucrative sale December 15, plus or minus two days.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Even when you knew me first, at the time of the affair which you have commemorated in ‘A Study in Scarlet,’ I had already established a considerable, though not a very lucrative, connection.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One of our most lucrative means of laying out money is in the shape of loans, where the security is unimpeachable.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peggotty's business, which was what we used to call common-form business in the Commons (and very light and lucrative the common-form business was), being settled, I took her down to the office one morning to pay her bill.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If you are self-employed, you might also secure a lucrative new assignment from a client that will surely elevate your reputation.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may get excellent publicity on or near this day, or you may bring in a lucrative new client.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I feel it is likely you’ll get a lucrative new project or client.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You have an excellent chance of landing the best, most lucrative clients.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This leads me to believe that you may get an assignment on March 20, or if you are self-employed, a new lucrative client.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When Venus signals Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck on January 23, you may see a bonus, commission, or another large check—if you are self-employed, you might win a new, lucrative client.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)