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mercenary adjective accessible to bribery, avaricious, bribable, conductus, corrupt, corruptible, covetous, exacting, exploitative, grasping, greedy, hired, hireling, leased, materialistic, mercenarius, money conncious, money hungry, motivated by a desire for money, motivated by greed, opportunistic, paid, possessive, purchasable, rapacious, selfish, simoniacal, usurious, venal, venalis See also: employee, illiberal, parsimonious, penurious, venal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Though Millie is mercenarily determined to marry a rich man ("The new woman chooses reason over romance every day of the week," she asserts), she ultimately finds that human emotions are not so easy to stifle. |
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