lucre
Gains, often filthy
Lucre is money or profit, almost always with a negative connotation suggesting greed or dishonesty.
The word appears most often in the phrase filthy lucre, emphasizing that the wealth was gained through disreputable means.
Used on its own, lucre sounds literary or ironic: He wasn't in it for the lucre.
Medium of exchange
- cashReady spending funds
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- capitalWealth used for investment
- financesMonetary affairs
pelf · coin · gold · silver · moolah · dough · bread · boodle
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- mammonWealth as deity
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
possessions · status · luxury · shopping · branding · spending · marketing · commercialism
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- mammonismWorship of wealth
mercenary · usury · extortion · exploitation · hoarding · graspingness · avaricious · predatory
currency
Medium of exchange
finances · pelf · coin · gold · silver · moolah · dough · bread · boodle · loot
consumerism
Preoccupation with acquiring goods
- mammonWealth as deity
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
acquisition · possessions · status · luxury · shopping · branding · spending · marketing · commercialism · merchandising
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
mammonism · mercenary · usury · extortion · exploitation · hoarding · graspingness · avaricious · predatory · insatiability
riches
Abundant valuable possessions
opulence · prosperity · hoard · assets · abundance · inheritance · estate · plenty · endowment · patrimony
gain
Positive return received
return · dividend · windfall · proceeds · takings · spoils · bounty · haul · payoff · rake-off
lucreloss
Being without something
losses · expense · expenditure · outlay · disbursement
- filthy lucreWealth acquired dishonorably