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LUCRE

\lˈuːkə], \lˈuːkə], \l_ˈuː_k_ə]\

Definitions of LUCRE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; - often in an ill sense.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; - often in an ill sense.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Gain (esp. sordid gain): profit: advantage.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Gain; money.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Money; gain.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Latin] Gain in money or goods; profit; pecuniary advantageâ€” usually in a bad sense, as if immoral or unworthy, and often with ''filthy* prefixed.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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