Gain, profit, pecuniary advantage. Now only with unfavourable implication: Gain viewed as a low motive for action; ‘pelf’. filthy lucre: (see filthy…
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释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > profit as motive > low (3) lucrec1380 Gain, profit, pecuniary advantage. Now only with unfavourable implication: Gain viewed as a low motive for action; ‘pelf’. filthy lucre: (see filthy… advantagea1400 Profit, gain; interest on money lent. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete. filthy lucre1526 dishonourable gain; (later in weakened use, esp. humorously) money. |
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