lucre

[loo-ker]

noun

1. monetary reward or gain; money.

lucre

/ ˈluːkə /

noun

1. facetious,  money or wealth (esp in the phrase filthy lucre )

Word History and Origins

Origin of lucre¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin lucrum profit; akin to Old English lēan reward, German Lohn, Gothic, Old Norse laun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lucre¹

C14: from Latin lūcrum gain; related to Old English lēan reward, German Lohn wages

Example Sentences

Trump wanted the richest man in the world by his side, for both the glamour and the lucre he brings with him, and it's blowing up in his face.

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And he's making it very clear that he will not be happy if they don't come across with plenty of lucre to fill his royal coffers.

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Attackers could include “hacktivists” seeking to make a political statement and cyberextortionists bent on lucre.

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PRH, now saddled with debt, has laid off dozens of employees, including some of its most legendary editors: the keepers of the flame, whose allegiance was to literature, not lucre.

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All that lucre secretly stashed around the house?

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