how to pronounce lucre

/ˈluː.kəɹ/

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lucre is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of lucre

noun:

Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner.

lucre frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lucre occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lucre can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lucre can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;