What is the meaning of lucre?

noun

• Informal terms for money.
  • synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
• 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