(n.) Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.
Example Sentences:
(1) In The God Delusion I have a section called "Religious education as a part of literary culture" in which I list 129 biblical phrases which any cultivated English speaker will instantly recognise and many use without knowing their provenance: the salt of the earth; go the extra mile; I wash my hands of it; filthy lucre; through a glass darkly; wolf in sheep's clothing; hide your light under a bushel; no peace for the wicked; how are the mighty fallen.
(2) Er ... you've just put out a book documenting the Sex Pistols' 1996 reunion tour, Filthy Lucre .
(3) Glen Matlock's Sex Pistols Filthy Lucre Photo File is published by Foruli Codex, priced £20.
(4) Slingshot is not Facebook's first attempt at getting some of the Snapchat lucre.
(5) Of course, the insatiable nature of investors' and gamblers' lust for lucre means that some incredibly unsavoury wagers can be entered into.
(6) It is Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey , a youthful but accomplished hypocrite, who announces her antipathy to lucre.
(7) But there is a calling that is yet above high office, fame, lucre and security.
(8) I say, 'Because it's total crap'") or to Johnny Rotten's comments when the Sex Pistols reunited for their Filthy Lucre tour ("We still hate each other with a vengeance.
(9) But do the Obamas really need the effortless lucre?
(10) Granted, it's an uneasy detente: Obama's team made it clear that it is only accepting the filthy lucre of corporate America because their old donors are tapped out.
Wealth
Definition:
(n.) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.
(n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
Example Sentences:
(1) This suggests his wealth exceeds the total worth of 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who was attacked for his wealth throughout the campaign.
(2) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
(3) Dinner is the usual “international” menu that few will bother with given the wealth of choice nearby.
(4) We have the nuclear-related wealth, which captures the highly skilled and the affluent and the upwardly mobile.
(5) If that's something to boast about, then living off inherited wealth must be something to be ashamed of.
(6) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
(7) Sir Ken Morrison, supermarkets Jersey trusts protect the billion-pound wealth of the 83-year-old Bradford-born Morrisons supermarket founder and a large number of his family members.
(8) But through the takeover of land, exploitation of minerals and privatisation of resources, west Africa’s wealth is leaving in shiploads, just as it always has done.
(9) The sanctions that could be levied in the aftermath of the Geneva meeting were expected to focus on Putin's close associates, including oligarchs who control much of Russia's wealth, as well as businesses and other entities they control.
(10) The wealth of new information on BBM transport of Pi which has accumulated in recent years gives an indication of the importance and intellectual challenge that the mechanism of this process poses to investigators.
(11) According to the latest World Wealth Report from Merrill Lynch, there are now 10.1 million people worth more than $1m (£507,000), excluding the value of their homes.
(12) According to the latest available ABS data, which is for 2013-14, 72% of investment property assets are owned by, and 52% of investment property debt is owed by, households in the top 20% (ie the richest one-fifth) of the household wealth distribution.
(13) I believe in wealth creation and company profits, and for the government to play its part, and we have been working closely with business to shape that agenda.” Specifically, Miliband pointed out David Cameron, during his chairmanship of the G8 in 2013, had promised to make a crackdown on tax evasion one of his central goals.
(14) Good mental health brings with it a whole lot of goodies in Santa’s stocking, because after all, physical fitness and wealth are meaningless without it.
(15) The Tony Abbott lecturing the American president on taxation fairness is, of course, the one who as Australian prime minister is presiding over policies of taxation amnesty for the richest Australians who have themselves offshored their hidden wealth, capping their taxable liability to merely the last four years.
(16) A world of hidden wealth: why we are shining a light offshore Read more However, the Nahmad lawyers have also insisted that because the painting is not in New York and the IAC is based in Panama, the court case should not be allowed to proceed in the US.
(17) When the Occupy movement suggested a distinction between the 1% and the 99% in society, this was based on the distribution of wealth, going right to the root of social inequalities: the 1% are the multimillionaires.
(18) Part of the new wealth has been driven by the rise in commodity prices.
(19) The federal government wanted all this wealth for itself."
(20) Michael Yoshikami, the founder of Destination Wealth Management, said Citigroup had a long way to go.