"lucrative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lucrative [comparative], most lucrative [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“I gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|lucratif}} Borrowed from French lucratif, {{der|en|la|lucrativus||profitable}} Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leh₂w-||profit, gain}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”), {{cog|es|lucrar}} Spanish lucrar, {{surf|en|lucre|-ative}} By surface analysis, lucre + -ative Head templates: {{en-adj}} lucrative (comparative more lucrative, superlative most lucrative)
  1. Producing a surplus; profitable. Translations (producing a surplus; profitable): изгоден (izgoden) (Bulgarian), доходен (dohoden) (Bulgarian), lucratiu (Catalan), výnosný [masculine] (Czech), lukrativní (Czech), lucratief (Dutch), winstgevend (Dutch), tuottava (Finnish), tuottoisa (Finnish), lucratif (French), lukrativ (German), rentabel (German), επικερδής (epikerdís) [masculine] (Greek), κερδοφόρος (kerdofóros) [masculine] (Greek), προσοδοφόρος (prosodofóros) [masculine] (Greek), רווחי (rivḥi) (Hebrew), arðbær [masculine] (Icelandic), ábatasamur [masculine] (Icelandic), arðsamur [masculine] (Icelandic), gróða- (Icelandic), brabúsach (Irish), éadálach (Irish), gnóthachúil (Irish), redditizio [masculine] (Italian), remunerativo [masculine] (Italian), profittevole (Italian), 儲かる (mōkaru) (Japanese), доходовен (dohodoven) [feminine] (Macedonian), доходен (dohoden) (Macedonian), zyskowny (Polish), lukratywny (Polish), dochodowy (Polish), intratny (Polish), lucrativo (Portuguese), lucrativ (Romanian), прибыльный (pribylʹnyj) (Russian), окупаемый (okupajemyj) (Russian), приносящий при́быль (prinosjaščij) (Russian), výnosný (Slovak), donosen (Slovene), lucrativo (Spanish), lukrativ (Swedish), kazançlı (Turkish)
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  2. (military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-lucrative-en-adj-cdQRbDYO Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lucratively, lucrativeness, unlucrative Related terms: lucre, Lucretia, Lucretius, lucriferous, lucrific

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.",
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          "text": "Its troops can be widely dispersed as light infantry, using light anti-ship, anti-air and anti-land missiles and weapons to defenda given area or facility without presenting lucrative targets for air, missile, and artillery fire.",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lucratively"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucrativeness"
    },
    {
      "word": "unlucrative"
    }
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        "2": "fr",
        "3": "lucratif"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "lucrativus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "profitable"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lucrativus (“profitable”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leh₂w-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "profit, gain"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "lucrar"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish lucrar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lucre",
        "3": "-ative"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, lucre + -ative",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“I gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more lucrative",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most lucrative",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lucrative (comparative more lucrative, superlative most lucrative)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lucre"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lucretia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lucretius"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucriferous"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucrific"
    }
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:",
          "text": "Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 March 6, “Celine Dion Net Worth $800 Million”, in celebritynetworth.com:",
          "text": "In a given recent year, Celine has earned $40-$50 million from her various endeavors, though the majority of that income was thanks to a lucrative Las Vegas residency deal.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Producing a surplus; profitable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Producing",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "surplus",
          "surplus"
        ],
        [
          "profitable",
          "profitable"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Eric R. Taylor, Lethal Mists, page 196:",
          "text": "Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Anthony H. Cordesman, Iran's Military Forces in Transition, page 208:",
          "text": "Its troops can be widely dispersed as light infantry, using light anti-ship, anti-air and anti-land missiles and weapons to defenda given area or facility without presenting lucrative targets for air, missile, and artillery fire.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
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          "target",
          "target"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izgoden",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "изгоден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dohoden",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "доходен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucratiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "výnosný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lukrativní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucratief"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "winstgevend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "tuottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "tuottoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lukrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "rentabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epikerdís",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επικερδής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kerdofóros",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κερδοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prosodofóros",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "προσοδοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rivḥi",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "רווחי"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arðbær"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ábatasamur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arðsamur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "gróða-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "brabúsach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "éadálach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "gnóthachúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "redditizio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "remunerativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "profittevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mōkaru",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "儲かる"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dohodoven",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доходовен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dohoden",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "доходен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "zyskowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lukratywny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "dochodowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "intratny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pribylʹnyj",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "прибыльный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okupajemyj",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "окупаемый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinosjaščij",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "приносящий при́быль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "výnosný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "donosen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lucrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "lukrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "producing a surplus; profitable",
      "word": "kazançlı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lucrative"
}

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