lucrativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈl(j)uːkrətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈlukrədɪv/

Forms: Also Middle English lucratijf, lucratyf(e, 1500s lucratyve.

Etymology: < Latin lucrātīvus, < lucrāri to gain.

a. Yielding gain or profit; gainful, profitable. lucrative office n. an office to which compensation is attached.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable

winning1435

lucrous1511

beneficial1526

lucrative1526

gainful1561

profitful1568

gainsome1579

profiting1590

requiteful1607

pennisome1631

lucriferous1648

opulent1648

emolumental1664

quick1681

well-metalleda1734

pay-rent1742

profitable1758

emolumentary1775

remunerative1813

economical1815

repaying1820

well-paying1832

benefited1837

paying1841

payable1855

money-making1887

economic1899

bankable1927

megadollar1963

money-spinning1973

14.. Wyclif's Bible (1850) IV. 684 ^b, Addit. Prol. Luke Manye clerkis lernen lucratijf sciencis, to gete richessis.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 659 An office also hadde I lucratyf.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPii To abstayne from..bodyly labours, and specially from them that be lucratiue.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 244 The Trade of Merchandize, being the most Lucratiue, may beare Vsury at a good Rate.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. Observ. 350 The more lucrative..method of life by Agriculture.

a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1765) II. 146 Necessity may be the Mother of lucrative invention.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. i. 29 At length, the Soldans of Egypt established a lucrative trade in that port.

1808 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. (1870) IV. 37 A lucrative contract warded off the blow for a time.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 388 It became clear that the speculation would be lucrative.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 387 A more lucrative traffic had already begun with the coast of Guinea.

b. Scots Law. Chiefly in lucrative succession (after Latin lucrativa acquisitio, Ulpian Dig. xliv. §4): the acceptance by an heir apparent, in the lifetime of his ancestor, of a free gift of any part of the estate to which he would have succeeded.To prevent this being done to the defrauding of creditors, the law provides that the ‘lucrative successor’ becomes liable for all the debts of the grantor contracted before the time of the grant.

ΚΠ

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) iii. vii. 489 Lucrative Successors, how this passive Title is extended, and how Limited by our Practise..Lucrative Dispositions of any part of the Heretage infer this passive Title.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 394/2 Lucrative Succession.

†2. Of persons, their actions and sentiments: Bent upon or directed towards making of gain; avaricious, covetous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions

greedya1000

overgreedyOE

avarous1303

covetous1340

concupiscible1398

avaricious1474

silver-sick?a1500

lucrous1511

having1528

lucrative1549

concupiscentious1555

holding1569

griping?1573

concupiscential1577

over-havinga1600

gripulous1614

ingordigious1637

concupitive1651

appropriative1655

lucripetous1675

coveting1699

grasping1747

concupiscenta1834

acquisitive1846

pleonectic1858

big-eye1868

wanting1876

possessive1889

grabby1910

gold-digging1925

territorial1966

1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Avii^v He requyres no such diligence as the most part of our lucratiue lawyers do vse.

1603 S. Daniel Epist. to Sir T. Egerton xxiii To binde the hands of Iustice vp so hard, That lest she falling to prooue Lucratiue Might basely reach them out to take reward.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 220 Let not thy prayer be lucrative, nor vindicative.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 131 May we not venture..to pass the same Sentence on the Lucrative Life, as we have already on the Political.

1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 258 Attributed..not to any lucrative view of unnecessarily swelling my book.

1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 41. 325 To enter upon..a cure..on which perhaps I should not wish to reside long, would shew more of the lucrative mind than the pastoral care.

1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 58 To show what a man will do to compass his lucrative desires.

Derivatives

ˈlucratively adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adverb] > profitably

well1532

gainfully1549

profitably1668

productively1770

remuneratively1838

lucratively1848

payably1878

1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lucratively, profitably.

1871 Echo 4 Apr. 1/2 The device..ingeniously and lucratively extricates authorities from a serious difficulty.

1899 G. Douglas James Hogg v. 96 His pen being abundantly and lucratively occupied.

ˈlucrativeness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profitableness

profitabilitya1500

profitableness1590

lucriferousness1663

lucrativeness1726

remunerativeness1845

rentability1847

payability1890

bankability1933

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 37 The Censors, in farming out..Estates, always began with the Lake Lucrinus, because of the Lucrativeness of its Name.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lucrative
释义	lucrativeadj. Brit. /ˈl(j)uːkrətɪv/, U.S. /ˈlukrədɪv/ Forms: Also Middle English lucratijf, lucratyf(e, 1500s lucratyve. Etymology: < Latin lucrātīvus, < lucrāri to gain. 1. a. Yielding gain or profit; gainful, profitable. lucrative office n. an office to which compensation is attached. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable winning1435 lucrous1511 beneficial1526 lucrative1526 gainful1561 profitful1568 gainsome1579 profiting1590 requiteful1607 pennisome1631 lucriferous1648 opulent1648 emolumental1664 quick1681 well-metalleda1734 pay-rent1742 profitable1758 emolumentary1775 remunerative1813 economical1815 repaying1820 well-paying1832 benefited1837 paying1841 payable1855 money-making1887 economic1899 bankable1927 megadollar1963 money-spinning1973 14.. Wyclif's Bible (1850) IV. 684 ^b, Addit. Prol. Luke Manye clerkis lernen lucratijf sciencis, to gete richessis. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 659 An office also hadde I lucratyf. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPii To abstayne from..bodyly labours, and specially from them that be lucratiue. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 244 The Trade of Merchandize, being the most Lucratiue, may beare Vsury at a good Rate. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiv. Observ. 350 The more lucrative..method of life by Agriculture. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1765) II. 146 Necessity may be the Mother of lucrative invention. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. i. 29 At length, the Soldans of Egypt established a lucrative trade in that port. 1808 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. (1870) IV. 37 A lucrative contract warded off the blow for a time. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 388 It became clear that the speculation would be lucrative. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §5. 387 A more lucrative traffic had already begun with the coast of Guinea. b. Scots Law. Chiefly in lucrative succession (after Latin lucrativa acquisitio, Ulpian Dig. xliv. §4): the acceptance by an heir apparent, in the lifetime of his ancestor, of a free gift of any part of the estate to which he would have succeeded.To prevent this being done to the defrauding of creditors, the law provides that the ‘lucrative successor’ becomes liable for all the debts of the grantor contracted before the time of the grant. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (1693) iii. vii. 489 Lucrative Successors, how this passive Title is extended, and how Limited by our Practise..Lucrative Dispositions of any part of the Heretage infer this passive Title. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 394/2 Lucrative Succession. †2. Of persons, their actions and sentiments: Bent upon or directed towards making of gain; avaricious, covetous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > inordinately desirous of possessions greedya1000 overgreedyOE avarous1303 covetous1340 concupiscible1398 avaricious1474 silver-sick?a1500 lucrous1511 having1528 lucrative1549 concupiscentious1555 holding1569 griping?1573 concupiscential1577 over-havinga1600 gripulous1614 ingordigious1637 concupitive1651 appropriative1655 lucripetous1675 coveting1699 grasping1747 concupiscenta1834 acquisitive1846 pleonectic1858 big-eye1868 wanting1876 possessive1889 grabby1910 gold-digging1925 territorial1966 1549 T. Solme in H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. Avii^v He requyres no such diligence as the most part of our lucratiue lawyers do vse. 1603 S. Daniel Epist. to Sir T. Egerton xxiii To binde the hands of Iustice vp so hard, That lest she falling to prooue Lucratiue Might basely reach them out to take reward. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 220 Let not thy prayer be lucrative, nor vindicative. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 131 May we not venture..to pass the same Sentence on the Lucrative Life, as we have already on the Political. 1750 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria (1752) 258 Attributed..not to any lucrative view of unnecessarily swelling my book. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 41. 325 To enter upon..a cure..on which perhaps I should not wish to reside long, would shew more of the lucrative mind than the pastoral care. 1797 S. James Narr. Voy. 58 To show what a man will do to compass his lucrative desires. Derivatives ˈlucratively adv. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adverb] > profitably well1532 gainfully1549 profitably1668 productively1770 remuneratively1838 lucratively1848 payably1878 1848 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Lucratively, profitably. 1871 Echo 4 Apr. 1/2 The device..ingeniously and lucratively extricates authorities from a serious difficulty. 1899 G. Douglas James Hogg v. 96 His pen being abundantly and lucratively occupied. ˈlucrativeness n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profitableness profitabilitya1500 profitableness1590 lucriferousness1663 lucrativeness1726 remunerativeness1845 rentability1847 payability1890 bankability1933 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 37 The Censors, in farming out..Estates, always began with the Lake Lucrinus, because of the Lucrativeness of its Name. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.14..
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