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корыстолюби́вый — meaning in English

korystolyubivyy

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English meaning

  • avaricious adj Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
  • mercenary noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.

Senses

корыстолюби́вый is used for these senses in English:

  • avaricious Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
  • mercenary Motivated by personal gain.

mercenary — full definition

  1. noun A soldier who fights for pay rather than out of loyalty to a country or cause.
  2. noun Someone motivated chiefly by money or personal profit.
  3. adj Motivated purely by money or personal gain.

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