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Synonyms for lucre

Grammar : Noun
Spell : loo-ker
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu kər

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Définition of lucre

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin lucrum "gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches," from PIE root *lau- "gain, profit" (cf. Greek apo-lanein "to enjoy," Gothic launs, German lohn "wages, reward," and possibly Sanskrit lotam, lotram "booty"). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is Tyndale's rendering of Greek aischron kerdos.
  • noun money, profits
Example sentences :
  • Other causes are added to lucre, or are the consequences of it.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Here are our instruments of deception, our poisoned 75 sources of lucre.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The professor does not practice this art for the lucre of gain, but he understands it in detail.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • Spain would have the princess Lucre, in despite of Holland and all the Jews.
  • Extract from : « The Sleeping Bard » by Ellis Wynne
  • It is a work of love, not of lucre; and, as such, is commended to the brotherhood.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 » by Various
  • Was the man a trickster, it must be more for the love than the lucre.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
  • These lacquer artists, as I have indicated, worked not for lucre, but for love.
  • Extract from : « The Empire of the East » by H. B. Montgomery
  • And on what other principle is Lucre himself now proceeding, or has ever proceeded?
  • Extract from : « Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent » by William Carleton
  • Mr. Lucre bowed, and smiled contemptuously, but made no reply.
  • Extract from : « Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent » by William Carleton
  • Mayhap you may think I want to expose you for the lucre of gain.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Roderick Random » by Tobias Smollett

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