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lucre::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | earnings, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
| Type of | income |
| Has types | dividend, earning per share, fast buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, killing, margin, markup, windfall profit, cleanup, quick buck, accumulation |
Examples of lucre
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Few political families are eager to step away from the power and lucre of office.
From the post-gazette.com
We all have to work to earn filthy lucre, but just how filthy does it have to be?
From the guardian.co.uk
Brown investment bank years ago, which led to some reductions in our family lucre.
From the denverpost.com
But in the following years, the lucre of kidnapping was Abu Sayyaf's chief interest.
From the time.com
Alas, in this fallen world, we seem to know the value of nothing except filthy lucre.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Taken together, these statutes offer substantial lucre to anyone who weds.
From the time.com
More than ever, the ingredients of political success are charisma, stamina-and lucre.
From the time.com
I hope Karen and I have raised our sons not to pursue lucre as an ends or as a scorecard.
From the online.wsj.com
Brown envelopes and the smell of filthy lucre are at the core of this.
From the thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
- Boodle: informal terms for money
- Net income: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
- Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in a negative sense
- From the Lat. lucrum , "gain." Ti1 3:3, "not given to filthy lucre." Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.
- Money, wealth or profit.
