better-off
[bet-er-awf, -of]
- being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
Origin of better-off
First recorded in 1860–65
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Examples from the Web for better-off
Contemporary Examples
They can say that they're not giving up on their goal of making the better-off pay their fair share in taxes.
Historical Examples
The poor could work their way, driving cattle for the better-off.
The Last American FrontierFrederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
And how the better-off among them pity their weaker brethren!
Ghetto TragediesIsrael Zangwill
I found on lately revisiting Anjou, and in the Berri, that the better-off peasants are building houses with upper bedrooms.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
The better-off purchase strong, unbleached goods of local manufacture.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
But the better-off people sent persons into the Upper House who were against it.
History of Australia and New ZealandAlexander Sutherland