affluence

[ af-loo-uhns or, often, uh-floo- ]
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noun
  1. abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth.

  2. an abundant supply, as of thoughts or words; profusion.

  1. a flowing to or toward; afflux.

Origin of affluence

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French <Latin affluentia, equivalent to af-af- + flu- flow + -entia-ence

Other words from affluence

  • sub·af·flu·ence, noun
  • su·per·af·flu·ence, noun

Words that may be confused with affluence

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How to use affluence in a sentence

  • A composer to be great must live with his fellows, and open his soul to human affluences.

    Haydn | J. Cuthbert Hadden

British Dictionary definitions for affluence

affluence

/ (ˈæflʊəns) /


noun
  1. an abundant supply of money, goods, or property; wealth

  2. rare abundance or profusion

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