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Lucre

//ˈl(j)uː.kə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. uncountable

    "A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, the huſband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behauiour, giuen to hoſpitalitie, apt to teach; / Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous; […]"

  2. 2
    the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) wordnet
  3. 3
    informal terms for money wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illicit gain; advantage, benefit”), from Old French lucre or Latin lucrum (“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, profit”) + *-tlom (variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)).

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