lucrative position

collocation in English

meaningsoflucrativeandposition

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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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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition oflucrativeandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A man can voluntarily retire after 12 years and take on alucrativepositionunder some great public company.
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I remember another friend of mine getting into an especiallylucrativeposition.
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Pottery workers are not greedy workers, and this firm's workers are not in a verylucrativeposition when one considers that of employees all over the country.
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He then joined the administration with alucrativepositionas a tax collector.
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She was helped by her father, who was able to secure a morelucrativepositionagain.
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While some valets simply waited on the patron, or looked after his clothes and other personal needs, itself potentially a powerful andlucrativeposition, others had more specialized functions.
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Mller's father hoped to provide him with a religious education that would allow him to take alucrativepositionas a clergyman in the state church.
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Talk of taking lucrative positions does not help the public debate.
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I understand that it is not over-manned, like those highly-paid, lucrative positions in our society which are attracting an excess of labour.
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He was multi-talented, excelling in preaching and debate, and was offered several lucrative positions.
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The route into lucrative positions with banks places a financial incentive on regulators to maintain good relationships with those they monitor.
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He received several lucrative positions from the territorial government, including being appointed prosecutor of several eastern counties.
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This latter post he held till his death, though offers of more lucrative positions were made to him.
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This was among the most lucrative positions in the dancing world.
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