English noun: lucre |
1. | lucre (possession) informal terms for money |
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| Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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| Broader (hypernym) | money |
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2. | lucre (possession) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
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| Synonyms | earnings, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
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| Broader (hypernym) | income |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accumulation, cleanup, dividend, earning per share, fast buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, killing, margin, markup, quick buck, windfall profit |
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| Part holonym | part, percentage, portion, share |
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