mercenary
/MUR-suh-nair-ee/adjectivemotivated chiefly by money; a hired soldier
“His interest in the estate was purely mercenary.”
- Synonyms
- greedy, venal, acquisitive
- Antonyms
- altruistic, idealistic
- Memory hook
- merces (wages): loyalty by the hour.
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