lucre
lykʁ
Definition Synonyms
Definition of lucre - Reverso French Dictionary
Noun, masculine
1.
profit généralDated gain ou profit obtenu par une activitéDated
- Il travaille dur pour obtenir un lucre modeste.
2.
profit douteuxDated profit recherché de façon peu scrupuleuseDated
- Il ne pense qu'au lucre et néglige ses valeurs morales.
Expressions with lucre
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tendance marquée à rechercher surtout le gain d'argent ou de richesse
Son choix est guidé uniquement par l'esprit de lucre.
Origin of lucre
latin, lucrum (profit)
Examples of lucre in a sentence
Certains ne cherchent que le lucre dans leur carrière. Le lucre a motivé sa décision douteuse. Certains agissent uniquement par soif de lucre.
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- English:profit, ill-gotten gain, ...
- German:Gewinn, unredlicher Gewinn, ...
- Italian:lucro, guadagno illecito, ...
- Spanish:lucro, ganancia ilícita, ...
- Portuguese:lucro, lucro ilícito, ...
- Chinese:利润, 不义之财, ...
- Japanese:利益, 不正利益, ...
- Arabic:ربح, الربح الحرام, ...
- Hebrew:רֶוַח, רֶוַח מְפוּקְפָּק, ...
- Russian:выгода, нажива, ...
- Ukrainian:зиск, нечесний прибуток, ...
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