Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lucre \Lu"cre\, n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.]
   Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill
   sense.

         The lust of lucre and the dread of death. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

lucre
     n 1: informal terms for money [syn: {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)
        [syn: {net income}, {net}, {net profit}, {profit}, {profits},
         {earnings}]