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lucre

/ˈluːkə/ UK
/ˈljuːkə/ UK, rare
/ˈluːkɚ/ US
/ˈlʉkəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈlʉkəɹ/ Northern Ireland

Sounds like looker (foot–goose merger) · Rhymes with -uːkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illicit gain; advantage, benefit”), from Old French lucre or Latin lucrum (“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, profit”) + *-tlom (variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)).

noun

uncountable Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, the huſband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behauiour, giuen to hoſpitalitie, apt to teach; / Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous; […]
Similar: mammon

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noun money, riches, or wealth

Español	lucro
Français	gain, profit, lucre

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Chicago

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@misc{lucre_2026,
  title = {lucre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lucre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}