profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
Origin of lucrative
1375–1425; late Middle English lucratif (<Middle French ) <Latin lucrātīvus gainful, equivalent to lucrāt(us) (past participle of lucrārī to make a profit, gain by economy; see lucre) + -īvus-ive
It’s very lucrative for a certain population of contractors.
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?|by Elizabeth Weil|August 28, 2020|ProPublica
One deal that may be his most lucrative — though we’re merely guessing — is Shopify, which is now Canada’s most valuable corporation with a market cap of $130 billion.
Laura Deming, Frederik Groce, Amish Jani, Jessica Verrilli and Vanessa Larco are coming to Disrupt|Connie Loizos|August 28, 2020|TechCrunch
Amazon’s success has made it clear just how lucrative of a business advertising can be for retailers.
What a Walmart-Microsoft bid for TikTok could mean for e-commerce|Anna Hensel|August 28, 2020|Digiday
Despite such lucrative payouts, there are few significant crypto mining operations in North America.
There’s (digital) gold in them thar hills: Crypto giant DCG is betting $100 million on mining Bitcoin in North America|Jeff|August 27, 2020|Fortune
Cryptocurrencies have also emerged as a lucrative option because they have outperformed all other asset classes.
Bitcoin’s stellar returns don’t make it a safe bet for Indian savers|Prathamesh Mulye|August 27, 2020|Quartz
Dance instructors run a lucrative trade offering private lessons to couples before their wedding receptions, typically the tango.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Add on some lucrative sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Adidas, and Turkish Airlines, and he takes home about $65 million a year.
Is Soccer Great Lionel Messi Corrupt?|Jack Holmes|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is certainly a lucrative yet dignified sweet spot between small time micro-brewer and soulless mass-producer.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this week CNPC agreed to buy 10 percent of Vankorneft, a Rosneft subsidiary, which operates the lucrative Vankor oil field.
China Is Financing Putin’s Aggression|Gordon G. Chang|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was the first of many hits, a lucrative side project that earned Noor around $350 per target.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan|Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ostrich farming is not only an interesting industry for the Boers, but it is a most lucrative business.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam
In his latter days he was afflicted with great poverty, for the positions he held were always more honorable than lucrative.
Great Italian and French Composers|George T. Ferris
The Hansa in its turn pleaded that it merely exercised the right of neutrals, and persisted in not abandoning a lucrative trade.
The Hansa Towns|Helen Zimmern
The drug is smuggled across the border very easily and a lucrative trade is carried on.
Camps and Trails in China|Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
Cyprus had once a lucrative trade with Syria, in the oil extracted from the seed of the jujube tree.