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Wealth Welθ Person Influence Noun Bre Personal Estimated

Word wealth
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / welθ / NAmE / welθ /
Example
  • a person of wealth and influence
  • his personal wealth is estimated at around $100 million.
  • the distribution of wealth in britain
  • the purpose of industry is to create wealth.
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wealth

(noun)BrE / welθ / NAmE / welθ /
  1. a large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns
    • a person of wealth and influence
    • His personal wealth is estimated at around $100 million.
    • the distribution of wealth in Britain
  2. the state of being rich
    • The purpose of industry is to create wealth.
    • Good education often depends on wealth.
  3. a large amount of something
    • a wealth of information
    • The new manager brings a great wealth of experience to the job.

    Extra Examples

    • He has no family with whom he can share his wealth.
    • He lost his wealth through poor investment.
    • He’s never flaunted his wealth.
    • It is a country of fabulous wealth.
    • Rising employment and household wealth are bolstering spending.
    • She enjoys enormous wealth and material pleasures.
    • She is a woman of untold wealth.
    • She wants to protect their new-found wealth.
    • Switzerland has an enormous wealth of beautiful old buildings.
    • The average family increased its net wealth by 50% between 1989 and 2001.
    • The country’s strong economy was built on its mineral wealth.
    • The region possesses a vast natural wealth, particularly of timber.
    • The website provides a wealth of information.
    • This chapter contains a wealth of information in a very concise form.
    • a redistribution of wealth through taxation
    • a tax on inherited wealth
    • the accumulated wealth from his business
    • the great oil wealth of the region
    • the kind of capital that generates new wealth
    • the pursuit of instant wealth
    • the relative wealth of the nation
    • the total wealth of the global economy
    • She called for a redistribution of wealth and power in society.
    • There will undoubtedly be new taxes on corporate wealth.
    • a woman of wealth and influence

    Word Origin

    • Middle English welthe, from well ‘good’ or weal ‘for the best of someone/something’, on the pattern of health.
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