lucre
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, from Latin lucrum (“profit”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈluːkə/, /ˈluːkɹə/
Noun [edit]
lucre (uncountable)
- Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. (often in a negative sense)
- 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher, in the Pall Mall Gazette:
- […] it's only fair that you should pocket the lucre. I've had my share already.
- 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher, in the Pall Mall Gazette:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
profit
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
lucre (infinitive lucrar)
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
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- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
