Associations to the word «Lucre»

Wiktionary

LUCRE, noun. Gain in money or goods; profit; riches. (often in a negative sense)

Dictionary definition

LUCRE, noun. Informal terms for money.
LUCRE, noun. The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King