lucre meaning

lucre as a 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

   Type of: money

2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Synonyms: net income, net, net profit, profit, profits, earnings

   Type of: income

   Kinds: earning per share, windfall profit, killing, fast buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, markup, accumulation, dividend