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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
  1. a large amount (of something); abundance a wealth of ideas
  2. valuable products, contents, or derivatives the wealth of the oceans
  3. Obsolete weal; well-being
  4. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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