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See also:LUCRE (See also:Lat. lucrum, gain; the Indo-See also:European See also:root is seen in Gr. anoTavew, to enjoy, and in Ger. Lohn, See also:wages)
, a See also:term now only used in the disparaging sense of unworthy profit, or See also:money that is the See also:object of greed, especially in the expression " filthy See also:lucre " (I Tim. iii
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In the See also:adjective " lucrative," profitable, there is, however, no sense of disparagement
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In Scots See also:law the term " lucrative See also:succession " (lucrativa acquisilio) is used of the taking by an See also:heir, during the lifetime of his ancestor, of a See also:free See also: |
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