lucrative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lucrative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lucrative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lucrative adj producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" Synonym(s): lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lucrative \Lu"crative\, 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.