lucre meaning and definition

LUCRE noun

Definition of lucre (noun)

1. informal terms for money
   • synonyms: 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)
   • synonyms: earnings, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits