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mercenary

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Definition:
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
2. Hence: Moved primarily by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Uses:
“But my dear Elizabeth,” she added, “what sort of girl is Miss King? I should be sorry to think our friend mercenary.”

Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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