Lucre
- Lucre
-
Cette page d’
homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.
Le mot lucre est un terme péjoratif qui désigne le gain, le bénéfice ou le profit.
Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :
Ce terme est à l'origine du mot lucratif.
Autres usages
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Contenu soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA. Source : Article Lucre de Wikipédia en français (auteurs)
Regardez d'autres dictionnaires:
lucre — [ lykr ] n. m. • v. 1460; lat. lucrum 1 ♦ Vx Gain, profit (⇒ lucratif). 2 ♦ Mod. et péj. Profit plus ou moins licite dont on est avide. ⇒ gain, profit. Le goût, l amour, l appât du lucre. ● lucre nom masculin (latin lucrum) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lucre — Lucre, from the Lat. lucrum, meaning gain in terms of money or wealth.Often it is used in a negative manner, as in the phrase “not given to filthy lucre.” from the Bible bibleverse|1|Timothy|3:3|AV. From this, the term the filthy became slang for … Wikipedia
Lucre — Lu cre, n. [F. lucre, L. lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; often in an ill sense. [1913 Webster] The lust of lucre and the dread of death. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lucre — LUCRE. s. m. Gain, profit, qui se tire de l industrie, d un negoce, d un travail mercenaire, de l exercice d une Charge, d un employ. Il travaille pour le lucre. il ne considere pas en cela le lucre, il ne considere que l honneur … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
lucre — lu‧cre [ˈluːkə ǁ ər] noun [uncountable] informal JOURNALISM money: • She finally gets her chance at earning some filthy lucre … Financial and business terms
lucre — (n.) late 14c., from L. lucrum gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches, from PIE root *lau gain, profit (Cf. Gk. apo lanein to enjoy, Goth. launs, Ger. lohn wages, reward, and possibly Skt. lotam, lotram booty ). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is… … Etymology dictionary
lucre — [lo͞o′kər] n. [ME < L lucrum, gain, riches < IE base * lāu , to capture > Sans lṓtram, booty, OE lean, OHG lon, reward] riches; money: now chiefly in a humorously derogatory sense, as in filthy lucre (cf. 1 Tim. 3:3) … English World dictionary
lucre — index boom (prosperity) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lucre — [n] money, profits capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy*, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth; concepts 332,340,344,693 … New thesaurus
lucre — ► NOUN literary ▪ money, especially when gained dishonourably. ORIGIN Latin lucrum … English terms dictionary
lucre — lu·cre (lo͞o’kər) n. ▸ Money or profits. ╂ [Middle English, from Latin lucrum; see lau .] Word History: In the 1520s, William Tyndale made an influential translation of the New Testament from Greek into English. Many of Tyndale s English… … Word Histories
