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"Profitable"2 answers
gainful7 letterslucrative9 letters
Filled answer is this word (LUCRATIVE).
Definitions
producing a sizeable profit
Word origin
Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.
Used in a sentence
“In a given recent year, Celine has earned $40-$50 million from her various endeavors, though the majority of that income was thanks to a lucrative Las Vegas residency deal.”
“Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Profitable”9 letters
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