Lucky country
noun
1.
(Austral, slang) a jocular name for Australia
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[loo-kruh-tiv] /ˈlu krə tɪv/ adjective 1. profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business. /ˈluːkrətɪv/ adjective 1. producing a profit; profitable; remunerative adj. early 15c., from Old French lucratif “profitable” and directly from Latin lucrativus “gainful, profitable,” from lucratus, past participle of lucrari “to gain,” from lucrum “gain, profit” (see lucre). Related: Lucratively; lucrativeness.
- Lucrativeness
[loo-kruh-tiv] /ˈlu krə tɪv/ adjective 1. profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business. /ˈluːkrətɪv/ adjective 1. producing a profit; profitable; remunerative adj. early 15c., from Old French lucratif “profitable” and directly from Latin lucrativus “gainful, profitable,” from lucratus, past participle of lucrari “to gain,” from lucrum “gain, profit” (see lucre). Related: Lucratively; lucrativeness.
- Lucre
[loo-ker] /ˈlu kər/ noun 1. monetary reward or gain; money. /ˈluːkə/ noun 1. generally (facetious) money or wealth (esp in the phrase filthy lucre) n. late 14c., from Latin lucrum “gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches,” from PIE root *lau- “gain, profit” (cf. Greek apo-lanein “to enjoy,” Gothic launs, German lohn “wages, reward,” and possibly Sanskrit […]