Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lucre"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lucre
from the Lat. lucrum, "gain." 1 Tim. 3:3, "not given to filthy
lucre." Some MSS. have not the word so rendered, and the
expression has been omitted in the Revised Version.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucre \Lu"cre\, n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill
sense.
The lust of lucre and the dread of death. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lucre
n 1: informal terms for money [syn: {shekels}, {gelt}, {dough}, {bread},
{dinero}, {loot}, {pelf}, {moolah}, {cabbage}, {kale}]
2: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
[syn: {net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {profit}, {profits},
{earnings}]
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