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Lucrative

/lˈukrətɪv/
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(adj) Producing a surplus; profitable.

Several more companies are moving to enter the lucrative pet food market of the country.
Mexican drug cartels are vying over lucrative drug-trafficking routes to the U.S.
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The investment turned out to be quite ____, providing a very high return on the initial capital spent.

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