From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lucre \Lu"cre\, n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill
sense.
[1913 Webster]
The lust of lucre and the dread of death. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lucre
n 1: informal terms for money [syn: {boodle}, {bread},
{cabbage}, {clams}, {dinero}, {dough}, {gelt}, {kale},
{lettuce}, {lolly}, {lucre}, {loot}, {moolah}, {pelf},
{scratch}, {shekels}, {simoleons}, {sugar}, {wampum}]
2: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time
(including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn:
{net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit},
{profits}, {earnings}]
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