LUCRE

boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum

(noun) informal terms for money

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lucre (uncountable)

Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.

Synonyms

• mammon

Anagrams

• cruel, ulcer

Source: Wiktionary


Lu"cre, n. Etym: [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]

Definition: Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense. The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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