What does lucre mean?
Definitions for lucre
ˈlu kərlu·cre
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Princeton's WordNet
boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampumnoun
informal terms for money
net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earningsnoun
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
Wiktionary
lucrenoun
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in a negative sense.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Lucrenoun
Gain; profit; pecuniary advantage. In an ill sense.
Etymology: lucrum, Latin.
Malice and lucre in them
Have laid this woe here. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.They all the sacred mysteries of heav’n
To their own vile advantages shall turn,
Of lucre, and ambition. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii.A soul supreme in each hard instance try’d,
Above all pain, all anger, and all pride,
The rage of pow’r, the blast of publick breath,
The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. Alexander Pope.What can be thought of the procuring letters by fraud, and the printing them merely for lucre? Alexander Pope.
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lucre
Lucre refers to money or wealth, especially when gained in a dishonest or deceitful manner.
Webster Dictionary
Lucrenoun
gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense
Etymology: [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lucre
lū′kėr, n. gain (esp. sordid gain): profit: advantage.—adj. Lū′crative, bringing lucre or gain: profitable.—adv. Lū′cratively. [Fr.,—L. lucrum, gain.]
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cruel
ulcer
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lucre in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lucre in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of lucre in a Sentence
There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre.
Gangs are preying on our most vulnerable, corrupting these young minds with promises of familia and lucre, none of us should accept that we have adults here and across Chicago preying upon vulnerable teenage boys.
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