lucre
lu·cre
noun \ˈlü-kər\Definition of LUCRE
Examples of LUCRE
- <foreign coins are not acceptable lucre in most vending machines in this country>
- <it's usually lucre and not lust that motivates someone to set up a pornographic Web site>
Origin of LUCRE
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lucrum; probably akin to Old English lēan reward, Old High German lōn, Greek apolauein to enjoy
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to LUCRE
- Synonyms
- bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim), tender, wampum
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