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The Clue

Monetary gain (5 letter answer)

The Answer

LUCRE

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Notes

The answer LUCRE is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.

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Definition

LUCRE as a noun:

1. (boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum) = informal terms for money
2. (net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings) = the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)