(LOO-ker), noun
Monetary reward or gain.
| Front | lucre |
|---|---|
| Back | (LOO-ker), noun Monetary reward or gain. “I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, LUCRE, the other, love.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet, essayist, and transcendentalist |
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