Definition of Lucrative

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Definition of Lucrative
	Lucrative Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. Greedy of gain. Related Definitions: As, Business, Gain, Gainful, Goods, Greedy, Increase, Lucrative, Lucre, Making, Money, Of, Office, Or, Profitable, Yielding

Lucrative Quotations

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
Thomas Paine

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'
Conan O'Brien

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
Jackson Browne

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.
Jerry Hall

My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
Jessica Savitch

I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed.
Owen Hart

Even though I had a lucrative contract with MGM, I had a husband who was drinking and gambling our money away faster than I could make it.
Esther Williams

I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue.
Yancy Butler

When in some communities selling drugs is so lucrative that that's a pretty big enticement that we have to break down. Part of that is by making opportunities and paying decent wages.
Matt Gonzalez

From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune.
Ferdinand Lassalle

Lucrative Translations

lucrative in Latin is pecuniosus
lucrative in Spanish is lucrativo

Quotes