lucrative industry

collocation in English

meaningsoflucrativeandindustry

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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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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition oflucrativeandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflucrative industry

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However, deeming coincineration a method of recovery and therefore alucrativeindustryis very dubious indeed.
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Does he not agree that the people operating this highlylucrativeindustryshould have greater responsibility to the people they are transporting?
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They will not come from the financial institutions with anything like the relish that those buyers will feel for thelucrativeindustryof the south-east.
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I presume that with the husks he carries on a verylucrativeindustryon the farms which he himself owns.
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The airy statements in regard to preserving agriculture have not convinced me that, taking agriculture on the whole, it is other than an exceedinglylucrativeindustry.
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Mining is also alucrativeindustryin the province due to its vast mineral resources.
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Despite the alleged gold rush in regions of the country, none of the population and workforce is benefiting from this highlylucrativeindustry.
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Coltan has become a necessity for modern communications and therefore an indispensable andlucrativeindustry.
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Salt mining is anotherlucrativeindustry.
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The pharmaceutical industry is one of the three most lucrative industries.
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Glass production and dye-making from marine snails were the city's most lucrative industries.
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