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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LU'CRATIVE, a. [L. lucrativus, from lucror, to gain profit.]
Gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as a lucrative trade; lucrative business or office.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English lucratif, from Middle French, from Latin lucrativus, from lucratus, past participle of lucrari to gain, from lucrum Date: 15th century producing wealth ; profitable • lucratively adverb • lucrativeness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. profitable, yielding financial gain. Derivatives: lucratively adv. lucrativeness n. Etymology: ME f. L lucrativus f. lucrari to gain

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable. Thousands of ex-army officers have found lucrative jobs in private security firms. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Profitable, remunerative, gainful, paying.

Moby Thesaurus

advantageous, banausic, breadwinning, compensating, compensative, compensatory, fat, gainful, good, moneymaking, paying, productive, profitable, remunerative, reparative, repaying, retributive, retributory, rewardful, rewarding, satisfying, well-paying, worthwhile