wealth

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noun

Wealth is a great amount of money, property, possessions or ideas.

An example of wealth is the money, property and business ventures of Donald Trump.

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wealth

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
a large amount (of something); abundance: a wealth of ideas
valuable products, contents, or derivatives: the wealth of the oceans
Obs. weal; well-being
Econ.
1. everything having economic value measurable in price
2. any useful material thing capable of being bought, sold, or stocked for future disposition

Origin of wealth

Middle English welthe, wealth, happiness: see weal and -th

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wealth

noun

a. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches: gave his wealth away to charity.
b. The state of being rich; affluence: a community of great wealth.
Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use: the agricultural wealth of the region.
A great amount; a profusion: a wealth of advice.

Origin of wealth

Middle English welthe from wele from Old English wela ; see wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.

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Noun

(uncountable)

Riches; valuable material possessions.
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
Power, of the kind associated with a great deal of money.

Origin

From Middle English welth, welthe, weolthe (“happiness, prosperity"), alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health"), derth (“dearth")) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal"), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity"), from Proto-Germanic *welÃ´ (“well-being, prosperity"), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best"), equivalent to weal +"Ž -th. Cognate with Dutch weelde (“wealth"), Low German weelde (“wealth"), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth"). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal"), Danish vel (“weal, welfare"), Swedish vÃ¤l (“well-being, weal"). More at weal, well.