lucrative contract

collocation in English

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lucrative
adjective
uk
/ˈluː.krə.tɪv/us
/ˈluː.krə.t̬ɪv/
(especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot ...
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contract
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trækt/us
/ˈkɑːn.trækt/
a legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the ...
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(Definition oflucrativeandcontractfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A panel was established to choose who should receive thatlucrativecontract.
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It did not object to taking taxpayers' money; it was alucrativecontract.
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The ten-year contract worth $252 million is the mostlucrativecontractin sports history.
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Then he returns too late to make a sales presentation at an important business meeting, causing the loss of alucrativecontract.
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The contract he signed is the mostlucrativecontractin sports history: a 10-year deal worth $252 million.
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The contract he signed was at the time the mostlucrativecontractin sports history: a 10-year deal worth $252 million.
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Alucrativecontract, it made him (for a time) a wealthy man.
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Stadsgaard's move was motivated by fear of the recurrence of his earlier injury problems, which made him relish the fast chance of alucrativecontract.
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In order to secure these potentially lucrative contracts, newspapers had to promise access to audiences interested in the empire.
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Sadie encouraged him to deceive his family to gain alucrativecontract, which led them to disown him.
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Garten was reportedly awarded the mostlucrativecontractfor a culinary author to date, signing a multimillion dollar deal for multiple books.
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One can understand those firms liking such lucrative contracts, but the taxpayers will want to know whether they are getting anything in return.
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Competition is often not about winning an event or a game, but about winning the sometimes unbelievably lucrative contracts that come with that.
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Lucrative contracts for the public service were found a convenient mode of enriching political supporters.
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If other, more lucrative contracts are won by the firm that wins the local government contract, it might easily let down the local authority.
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Shortly thereafter, all kinds of lucrative contracts came his way.
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Coli instituted pensions, health insurance and negotiated lucrative contracts for his members during his tenure.
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Lucrative contracts often go to political allies, relatives or friends of public officials.
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They were both hard workers, and he kept her schedule filled with lucrative contracts.
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However, he has led a highly controversial career due to his lucrative contracts and his use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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