lucrative
adjective
profitable; moneymaking; remunerative.
lucrativeness
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a word derived from
lucrative.
Example Sentences
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It was chosen by some for its lucrativeness, and by the majority for its capacity to enhance their reputation or to bring them enduring fame.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
Our unceremonious entrance, therefore, was regarded as highly insulting, and tending to depreciate both the dignity and lucrativeness of his office.
From Omoo by Herman Melville
The novel, in fact, besides being the occasion of literature of the highest class, attracted by its lucrativeness that under-current of journey-work authorship which had hitherto busied itself in poetry or plays.
From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by G. H. (George Herbert) Mair
