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• 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 […]

• Lucretia

  [loo-kree-shuh, -shee-uh] /lʊˈkri ʃə, -ʃi ə/ noun 1. Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic. 2. a female given name. /luːˈkriːʃɪə/ noun 1. (in Roman legend) a Roman woman who killed herself after being raped […]

• Lucretia mott

  [mot] /mɒt/ noun 1. John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946. 2. Lucretia Coffin, 1793–1880, U.S. social reformer: advocate of women’s rights. 3. Sir Nevill Francis [nev-uh l] /ˈnɛv əl/ (Show IPA), 1905–96, British physicist: developer of solid-state circuitry; Nobel Prize 1977.

• Lucretius

  [loo-kree-shuh s] /luˈkri ʃəs/ noun 1. (Titus Lucretius Carus) 97?–54 b.c, Roman poet and philosopher. /luːˈkriːʃɪəs/ noun 1. full name Titus Lucretius Carus. ?96–55 bc, Roman poet and philosopher. In his didactic poem De rerum natura, he expounds Epicurus’ atomist theory of the universe

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