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    [Noun]  | "lu*cre" | \ ˈlü-kər \


    1: monetary gain : profit; also : money


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lucrum; probably akin to Old English lēan reward, Old High German lōn, Greek apolauein to enjoy;

    [Noun]  | "lucre" 


    1: something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment;


      * e.g., " ... foreign coins are not acceptable lucre in most vending machines in this country "



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    2: the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received;


      * e.g., " ... the restaurant owner raised prices in the hope of bringing in more lucre, but it only drove the customers away "



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     [ "lucre" ]

    1: Money, legal currency. Often used in a negative sense, e.g., "filthy lucre."

      * e.g.,  ... The American race is rapidly becoming the coldest in the world, all because of this cruel, maneating idol, lucre. 

     [ "lucrative" ]

    1: Producing much money, profitable

      * e.g.,  ... Now who's the king of these rude ludicrous lucrative lyrics 

     [ "lucrativities" ]

    1: Extra curricular activities of an illegal lucrative sense.

      * e.g.,  ... Just got the supplies for my lucrativities... 

     [ "lucrative" ]

    1: Slang to describe feces that has worked its way loose after several minutes to an hour struggling to release it from your anus while being stuck while sitting on the toilet.

      * e.g.,  ... "I've been sitting on this can for 45 minutes and I'm missing most of the football game. But after some constant straining and pinching, this turd is becoming lucrative and passive, and will soon fall into the toilet after this brief struggle. 

     [ "filthy lucre" ]

    1: money, cash,

     [ "filthy lucre" ]

    1: ill gottens gains, winnings from gambling of or office pools.

      * e.g.,  ... The money Chad won from the NCAA tournament contest was filthy lucre 

     [ "lucre snooker" ]

    1: Interjection by a 3rd party whilst in sales negotiations, resulting in a previously interested party refusing what is almost certainly the best life changing product and/or service they would ever invest in.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'd been on the phone for half an hour and she was ready to take the banana grater, fish juicer and cheese bat, along with extended warranty; she was just about to give me her card details when her husband got back and performed a lucre snooker. I got no bonus that day and had to eat from the trash." 


     [ "lucre snooker" ]

    2: The financial equivalent of a cock block.


     [ "lucre snooker" ]

    3: Also known as a dough blow, a bread shred, a buck shuck or a dinero interfero.

     [ "Lucratively-Ghetto" ]

    1:  Makes an honest living without a reliable source of income.

      * e.g.,  ... We is Lucratively-Ghetto, Ya get me son? Dolphin freeze n thaaat. Ghetlow pirates. Heavy smokers. Head bridge to plank, featuring forhead carpet burn. 


     [ "Lucratively-Ghetto" ]

    2:  Young black male on deal or no deal.

      * e.g.,  ... Guest starring hektic 


     [ "Lucratively-Ghetto" ]

    3:  More piece than the leading piece retailer.

     [ "lucrative-strive" ]

    1: lucrative-strive: simply means to fight, battle, reach or to compete in hope or faith of future success. The term can also mean to gain the ability and knowledge to truly know one's self, seek self-improvement and contend for your higher purpose in life; The word lucrative-strive embodies the struggle within ourselves to succeed and everything that represents the struggle.

      * e.g.,  ...  That young man has a certain lucrative-strive in him that reflects in his demeanor. 

     [ "filthy lucre" ]

    1: an amazing bandfic based on panic! at the disco’s ryan ross and brendon urie

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Yo, have you finished filthy lucre yet? 

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