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lucre

[ loo-ker ]

noun

  1. monetary reward or gain; money.


lucre

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. facetious.
    money or wealth (esp in the phrase filthy lucre )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lucre1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin lucrum profit; akin to Old English ŧ reward, German Lohn, Gothic, Old Norse laun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lucre1

C14: from Latin ūܳ gain; related to Old English ŧ reward, German Lohn wages
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Trump wanted the richest man in the world by his side, for both the glamour and the lucre he brings with him, and it's blowing up in his face.

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And he's making it very clear that he will not be happy if they don't come across with plenty of lucre to fill his royal coffers.

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Attackers could include “hacktivists” seeking to make a political statement and cyberextortionists bent on lucre.

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PRH, now saddled with debt, has laid off dozens of employees, including some of its most legendary editors: the keepers of the flame, whose allegiance was to literature, not lucre.

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All that lucre secretly stashed around the house?

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