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[welth] Pronunciation Key
[welth] Pronunciation Key –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.
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| 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. |
| 6. | Obsolete. happiness. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| wealth
(wělth) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English welthe, from wele, from Old English wela; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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wealth
c.1250, "happiness," also "prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches," from M.E. wele "well-being" (see weal (1)) on analogy of health. Wealthy as a synonym for "rich" is recorded from c.1430.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| wealth | |
noun | |
| 1. | the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" [ant: impoverishment] |
| 2. | the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent" |
| 3. | an abundance of material possessions and resources |
| 4. | property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Wealth
Wealth\, n. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called personal wealth. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Wealth
Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.]1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth." --1 Cor. x. 24. 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. Active wealth. See under Active. Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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