🇬🇧🇪🇸 lucrative - lucrativo : English Lesson

Meaning of "lucrative" ("lucrativo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Lucrative describes something that makes a lot of money or is very profitable. If you have a lemonade stand that sells so much lemonade you can buy a whole new bike, that would be a very lucrative lemonade stand! It means the activity brings in a lot of cash.

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My little sister’s mud pie bakery was surprisingly lucrative until it rained.

Grandma’s knitting blog is more lucrative than Dad’s job!

Worm racing became so lucrative, I had to hire an accountant.

Pretending to be a statue turned lucrative when tourists started tipping me.

My lemonade stand became so lucrative, the squirrels tried to buy shares.

A tired baker sells sunrise buns on a quiet street. One day a city café offers a lucrative contract. A neighbor suggests a lucrative night market stall and wealthy tourists bring lucrative orders. The lucrative cafe work pays enough; the lucrative stall fills with praise. He folds his hands, cries, then opens the door wide.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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