Lucre Definition

lo͝okər
noun
Riches; money.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Lucre

  • Middle English from Latin lucrum lau- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Latin lucrum (“profit").

    From Wiktionary

Lucre Sentence Examples

  • Ellis has an African Gray parrot called filthy Lucre.

  • For the latter they have nothing but condemnation, but the former they acknowledge as part of the divine order of the state, while the y complain that the priests have prostituted their office for lucre.

  • In the end neither Tom or Cheryl got their hands on the filthy lucre.

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Words Starting With

LLULUC

Words Ending With

ERECRE

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Words Starting With L and Ending With E

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