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wealth (welt̸h)

noun

    1. much money or property; great amount of worldly possessions; riches
    2. the state of having much money or property; affluence a person of wealth
  2. a large amount (of something); abundance a wealth of ideas
  3. valuable products, contents, or derivatives the wealth of the oceans
  4. Obsolete weal; well-being
  5. Econ.
    1. everything having economic value measurable in price
    2. any useful material thing capable of being bought, sold, or stocked for future disposition

Etymology: ME welthe, wealth, happiness: see weal & -th

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wealth Synonyms

wealth

n.

  1. Goods or services having economic utility

    capital, capital stock, economic resources, stock, stocks and bonds, securities, vested interests, land, property, labor power, commodities, cash, money in the bank, money, natural resources, assets, purse strings*, dough*, long green*. *

    Antonyms poverty*, idle resources, unemployment. *

  2. Personal riches

    means, money, riches, substance, affluence, belongings, property, fortune, hoard, treasure, resources, revenue, cache, cash, competence, opulence, luxury, luxuriance, prosperity, pelf, abundance, money to burn*.

    Antonyms poverty*, pauperism*, straits.


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wealth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • accumulate: The Quaker families in those concerns, like their 18th century forebears, accumulated wealth on a stunning scale.

Preposition: through

  • foreclosure: Step by step formula for building massive wealth through real estate foreclosures.

Adjective modifier

  • immense: He chose to use the immense private wealth of the Temple rather than raise money for civil projects by taxation.

Modifies a noun

  • creation: The second in Ivor's series of talks on the Integrated Company looks at wealth creation.

Noun used with modifier

  • mineral: Crops are grown on terraces, and together with mineral wealth, have made the region the veritable heart of the country.

Preposition: of

  • talent: They spawned the creativity that fostered a wealth of talent in many areas, from science to satire.
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wealth quotes

I have had wealth, rank and power, but, if these were all I had, how wretched I should be.

-Aldiss, BrianWilson

Salud, Dinero, Amor†yTiempo. Health,Wealth, Love†and Time to enjoy them.

-Anonymous

The order of nobility is of great use, too, not only in what it creates, but in what it prevents. It prevents the rule of wealthöthe religion of gold. This is the obvious and natural idol of the Anglo-Saxon† From this our aristocracy preserves us.

-Bagehot,Walter

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