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Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 30, 2011lucre \LOO-kuhr\, noun: Monetary gain; profit; riches; money; -- often in a bad sense. His stories began to be published in the American Mercury before he moved to L.A., lured by the dream of Hollywood lucre. They ought to feel a calling for service rather than lucre. But surely there are other motives for writing, and they range from the desire for filthy lucre to the pleasure in doing the thing itself to the impulse to delight readers. Picture the place where you grew up. Now, imagine it trampled by an avalanche of capital and the stampede of lucre-crazed hordes chasing after it. Lucre comes from Latin lucrum, "gain, profit." It is related to lucrative, "profitable." | |||||||||
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