lucre

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin lucrum (“profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈluːkə/, /ˈluːkɹə/

Noun

lucre (uncountable)

1. Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. (often in a negative sense)
   • 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Body Snatcher, in the Pall Mall Gazette:

     […] it's only fair that you should pocket the lucre. I've had my share already.

Related terms

• lucrative
• filthy lucre

Translations

profit

• Dutch: gewin (nl), profijt (nl)
• French: gain (fr) m, profit (fr) m

• Scottish Gaelic: prothaid (gd) f
• Spanish: lucro (es)

Anagrams

• cruel
• ulcer

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Spanish

Verb

lucre (infinitive lucrar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of lucrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lucrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lucrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of lucrar.