lucre
lu·cre
Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or…Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
UK/ˈluːkə/US/ˈluːkɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.
More definitions
- the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- informal terms for money
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illFrom Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illicit gain; advantage, benefit”), from Old French lucre or Latin lucrum (“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, profit”) + *-tlom (variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)).
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable