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wealth

[welth]

noun

  1. a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches.

    the wealth of a city.

  2. an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount.

    a wealth of imagery.

  3. Economics.

    1. all things that have a monetary or exchange value.

    2. anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.

  4. rich or valuable contents or produce.

    the wealth of the soil.

  5. the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence.

    persons of wealth and standing.

    Synonyms: fortune, opulence
    Antonyms: poverty
  6. Obsolete.,  happiness.



wealth

/ wɛlθ /

noun

  1. a large amount of money and valuable material possessions

  2. the state of being rich

  3. a great profusion

    a wealth of gifts

  4. economics all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • wealthless adjective
  • overwealth noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wealth1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English welth; equivalent to well 1 + -th 1; modeled on health
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wealth1

C13 welthe, from weal ²; related to well 1
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Example Sentences

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Democrats and Republicans alike became more interested in wealth generation than in addressing an ever-widening wealth gap.

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This, he said, would enable the tech to be used "to benefit the health, the wealth, the education of our nations".

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We shouldn’t forget that generative AI doesn’t change the basic rules of building wealth.

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He argued the owner’s wealth does not give them the right to extra leniency.

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Investors should climb the “wall of worry” over U.S. equities, partly because of the strength of the U.S. consumer, asserts a European wealth manager.

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