Vocabulary
Lucrative
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
producing money or wealth
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- There is clearly a problem when aid becomes a lucrative industry.
- The centre managed to take out the lucrative petroleum levy from the divisible pool by calling it a developmental levy rather than a tax (which it is in all but name).
- It is now expected to fetch a significantly higher price than was earlier envisaged as the airline will get a new opportunity to rebuild its operations to Britain and the EU nations, which had been two of its most lucrative markets.
- This could take the form of considerably less lucrative exchange rates compared to informal channels, which may prompt remitters to revert to using hundi and hawala once again.
- Soon, these troublemakers are identified and the management told that it would be better for, and more lucrative (in terms of the state advertisement kitty), if these errant journalists were dispensed with.
Synonyms
fat, remuneration
Antonyms
unfavorable; unprofitable
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