English Dictionary

FILTHY LUCRE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does filthy lucre mean? 

FILTHY LUCRE (noun)
  The noun FILTHY LUCRE has 1 sense:

1. shameful profitplay

  Familiarity information: FILTHY LUCRE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FILTHY LUCRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shameful profit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

he would sell his soul for filthy lucre

Hypernyms ("filthy lucre" is a kind of...):

earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))


 Context examples 


Then she tried a child's story, which she could easily have disposed of if she had not been mercenary enough to demand filthy lucre for it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry." (English proverb)

"If it does not get cloudy, it will not get clear." (Albanian proverb)

"Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year." (Arabic proverb)

"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes." (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact