wealth
Americannoun
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a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches.
the wealth of a city.
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an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount.
a wealth of imagery.
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Economics.
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all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
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anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.
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rich or valuable contents or produce.
the wealth of the soil.
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the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence.
persons of wealth and standing.
- Antonyms:
- poverty
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Obsolete. happiness.
noun
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a large amount of money and valuable material possessions
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the state of being rich
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a great profusion
a wealth of gifts
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economics all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value
Other Word Forms
- overwealth noun
- wealthless adjective
Etymology
Origin of wealth
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English welth; equivalent to well 1 + -th 1; modeled on health
Example Sentences
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At a time when many wealth managers are standardizing their investment approach and embracing third-party model portfolios, Jamie Williams stands out for doing his own research and security selection.
From Barron's
Each M&M stood for $1bn of the company's worth, he said, in a bid to illustrate the depth of the company's wealth.
From BBC
Although California doesn’t currently tax wealth directly, it heavily taxes the income generated by wealth—particularly capital gains.
But Joanne Hsu, the survey director, said sentiment has worsened more abruptly in recent weeks among higher-end consumers, who hold immense wealth in a stock market that is now in or near correction territory.
“I’m not asking them to live in poverty. I’m asking them to help me do what was automatically possible for them — own a home and start building wealth.”
From MarketWatch
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