Adjective : a lucrative business. From Dictionary.com.
But the enormous competition which has since sprung up in this "career" must interfere a good deal with its lucrativeness. From Wordnik.com. [Spanish Life in Town and Country] Reference
The ideal economy has low profit margins and large scale, so that profits are high, but as a function of the size of the industry rather than its lucrativeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Profit” Is Not a Dirty Word:] Reference
PayScale. com also ranks college degrees in regards to their lucrativeness. From Wordnik.com. [FIUSM.com] Reference
While some have redeemed because of the non-lucrativeness of these categories of schemes, others have do so because of liquidity crunch. From Wordnik.com. [The Financial Express] Reference
Each day that revealed to him the lucrativeness as well as popularity of his new profession, saw him more and more convinced that he had found his calling at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Rebellions; or, Treason Unmasked.] Reference
Both Miramax and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer struggling to find attractive-enough bidders, despite the purported lucrativeness of their biggest assets: their film libraries. From Wordnik.com. [DealBook] Reference
The novel, in fact, besides being the occasion of literature of the highest class, attracted by its lucrativeness that under-current of journey-work authorship which had hitherto busied itself in poetry or plays. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge] Reference
"We sell each egg for Nu 6 as opposed to private farms 'Nu 10 for each egg," Pema Wangdi said, adding that many private poultry farms had cropped up in the last few years, raising the lucrativeness of the business. From Wordnik.com. [Kuensel Newspaper] Reference
Plissoud did not save any money; for, though he was appointed to many offices, they were all lacking in lucrativeness; he was insurance agent, as well as agent for a society that insured against the chances for conscription. From Wordnik.com. [Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 2] Reference
I'm surprised to hear that there are education departments where this is considered to be a fad -- particularly in light of the lucrativeness of the business of supplying materials to schools to test for learning styles, and the fact that Yale's Graduate. From Wordnik.com. [CHE > Latest news] Reference
Once women became common in each profession it’s prestige and lucrativeness was diminished. From Wordnik.com. [No More Boys | Jewschool] Reference
The rating firms’ old school culture of honesty carried them along fairly well, but eventually it broke down under the lucrativeness and complexity of Housing Bubble mortgage-related instruments. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » How To Fix The Financial Ratings Firms] Reference
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