Sentence examples for Lucrative from inspiring English sources

The word 'lucrative' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a business, profession or activity that is profitable or brings in a lot of money. For example, "This business venture looks very lucrative."

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Lucrative

adjective

Producing a surplus; profitable.

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But, if it was not designed with lucrative corporate functions in mind, would it need to be quite so dominant?

In one instance, Koelma sent a draft letter from O'Farrell's office in support of AWH's bid for a lucrative public-private partnership to the water company's chief executive, Nick Di Girolamo, asking him for input.

Since then, peace deals with the warlords, including a lucrative amnesty and government contracts, have pacified the area.

David Cameron will doubtless depart from his political career next month with the bare minimum of a few lucrative company directorships and a kiss-and-tell book deal, so long as that police horse, Raisa and the lamb he cuddled at Easter can be persuaded to ditch their own competing publications, both currently being ghostwritten from audiotapes by the Financial Times's Ben Thompson.

If she hopes to remain a player she would be wise to shelve any thought of publishing vengeful diaries, usually a divisive step even before the Mail has bought lucrative serialisation rights and sexed them up.

Graduates who earn more will repay more each month, so the system is fair and affordable; and those who enter a more lucrative profession will pay a higher rate of interest, and ultimately contribute more to the cost of their university education.

British and Irish golfers, who would be links regulars for top amateur events, find themselves far removed from gusting winds and uneven bounces when taking up lucrative residence in Florida.

The plight of the two players has made many question the worth of lucrative central contracts.

The former spy who is the star witness in the Timor-Leste espionage allegations against Australia received permission from Australia's inspector general of security to take legal advice about his concerns about intelligence gathering in 2004 during negotiations for a lucrative gas treaty, according to Timor-Leste's lawyer Bernard Collaery.

At the time, OGN was bidding for a lucrative contract to build an oil rig component for Maersk.

Bookmakers, already week after last week's budget raised the tax on lucrative fixed odds betting machines from 20% to 25%, dipped again on reports that the weekend's Premier League football fixtures were bad news, with all the favourites winning and costing them £20m.

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