Obs. [ad. late L. lucrātiōn-em, n. of action f. lucrāri to gain.] The action of gaining, an instance of this.
1658. Phillips, Lucration, a gaining or winning.
1775. in Ash.
1812. Southey, Ess. (1832), I. 112. The gain which can be extracted from him, the quantum of lucration of which he can be made the instrument.