Expense and Lucre

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Expense noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

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Lucre is an antonym for expense.

Nearby Words: expend, expensive, expensively, expensed, expensing

Lucre noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.

Usage example: it's usually lucre and not lust that motivates someone to set up a pornographic Web site

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Expense is an antonym for lucre.

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Lucre and Expense. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expense/lucre

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