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af⋅flu⋅ence

  [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.
3. a flowing to or toward; afflux.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < L affluentia, equiv. to af- af- + flu- flow + -entia -ence
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af·flu·ence   (āf'lōō-əns, ə-flōō'-)   
n.  

  1. A plentiful supply of material goods; wealth.

  2. A great quantity; an abundance.

  3. A flowing to or toward a point; afflux.

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