lucre

1 informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]

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]

English

Etymology

From the Latin lucrum "profit"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈluːkə/ or /ˈluːkɹə/

Noun

1. Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in a negative sense.

Related terms

• lucrative
• filthy lucre

Translations

• Spanish: lucro

Lucre, from the Lat. lucrum, meaning gain in terms of money or wealth.

Often it is used in a negative manner, as in the phrase “not given to filthy lucre.” from the Bible Bible verse 1|Timothy|3:3|AV.

From this, the term "the filthy" became slang for money. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/filthy-rich.html

Uses In Fiction

• The novel The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan has a hill called Lucre where the character Demas, a deceiver, beckons to pilgrims to come and join in the supposed silver mining going on in it.

See also

• Luker
• Tim Bobbin, poet who used the phrase in his short verse, When Filthy Lucre Joins a Man and Wife

Other uses

• Filthy Lucre is a band
• Filthy Lucre Live is a live album from the Sex Pistols
• Lucre Island is a fictional island

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