lucre
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English, from Latin (lucrum, “profit”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈluːkə/, /ˈluːkɹə/
[edit] Noun
lucre (uncountable)
- Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in a negative sense.
- ...it's only fair that you should pocket the lucre. I've had my share already.— w:Robert Louis Stevenson, w:The Body Snatcher
