different between exorbitant vs lucrative

English

Etymology

From the Late Latin exorbit?ns, the present active participle of exorbit? (“I go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare the French exorbitant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??b?t?nt/, /???z??b?t?nt/

Adjective

exorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant)

1. Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin exorbit?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z??.bi.t??/

Adjective

exorbitant (feminine singular exorbitante, masculine plural exorbitants, feminine plural exorbitantes)

1. exorbitant
2. extortionate

Further reading

• “exorbitant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Late Latin exorbit?ns.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

exorbitant (comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten)

1. exorbitant

Declension

Synonyms

• maßlos
• unverschämt

Further reading

• “exorbitant” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French exorbitant, from Latin exorbitans.

Adjective

exorbitant m or n (feminine singular exorbitant?, masculine plural exorbitan?i, feminine and neuter plural exorbitante)

1. extortionate

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“I gain”), from lucrum (“gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar.

Adjective

lucrative (comparative more lucrative, superlative most lucrative)

1. Producing a surplus; profitable.
2. (military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
   • 2001, Eric R. Taylor, Lethal Mists (page 196)

     Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.

   • 1999, Anthony H. Cordesman, Iran's Military Forces in Transition (page 208)

     Its troops can be widely dispersed as light infantry, using light anti-ship, anti-air and anti-land missiles and weapons to defenda given area or facility without presenting lucrative targets for air, missile, and artillery fire.

Usage notes

• Said of profession, occupation, position, office, business, deal, etc.

Antonyms

• nonlucrative

Derived terms

• lucratively
• lucrativeness
• unlucrative

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• lucrative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lucrative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• revictual, victualer

French

Adjective

lucrative

1. feminine singular of lucratif

Italian

Adjective

lucrative

1. feminine plural of lucrativo

Anagrams

• reclutavi