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

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

From Seattle Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

All that lucre secretly stashed around the house?

From Los Angeles Times

Commenting on the lucre to be had, Parker said, “It isn’t real money. It isn’t. I think it’s made of compressed snow. It just melts in your hands.”

From Los Angeles Times

The industry’s surpassing love of lucre beyond all else doesn’t only infect political coverage.

From Los Angeles Times