riches

[ rich-iz ]

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plural noun

abundant and valuable possessions; wealth.

Origin of riches

1175–1225; Middle English, plural of Middle English riche wealth, power (Old English rīce power, rule; cognate with German Reich realm); confused with Middle English richesse wealth <Old French, equivalent to riche wealthy (<Germanic; see rich) + -esse-ess

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How to use riches in a sentence

The winning lottery numbers and foretold riches never arrived.
The Multimillion ‘Clairvoyance by Mail’ Scam | Jacob Siegel | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Her riches were in the love her family held for her and she held for her family.
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In Ireland, the name of Sean Quinn will be forever linked in the public mind as the ultimate cautionary tale of riches to rags.
The Zillionaires Who Lost Everything | Tom Sykes | October 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
For every story of rags to riches, there is another of riches to rags.
The Zillionaires Who Lost Everything | Tom Sykes | October 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But even in the New World, there are still archaeological riches to be plundered.
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The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Thus all about us is the moving and shifting spectacle of riches and poverty, side by side, inextricable.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
The high rank, the great riches of his father he rather implied than definitely mentioned.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
The view of riches which socialists and suchlike people profess to take is entirely ill-considered.
First Plays | A. A. Milne
Banquets and feasting offered little attraction to the hero, and he despised riches and rank.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for riches

riches

/ (ˈrɪtʃɪz) /

pl n

wealth; an abundance of money, valuable possessions, or property

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