lucrative

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. adjective producing a sizeable profit

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

In classic literature

Synonyms

moneymaking, remunerative

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