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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lucre
monetary reward or gain; money.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L lucrum profit; akin to OE lēan reward, OS, OHG lōn, ON, Go laun)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
informal terms for money

2. (noun) net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lucre
gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense

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