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well-to-do

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well-to-do

  [wel-tuh-doo]
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–adjective
prosperous; rich.
Origin:
1815–25

Synonyms:
comfortable; affluent, moneyed.
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well-to-do   (wěl'tə-dōō')
adj.  Prosperous; affluent; well-off.
n.   (used with a pl. verb)
Affluent or wealthy people: Demonstrators protested that the tax bill favored the well-to-do.

[From the phrase well to do in the world : well2, prosperous, affluent + to, for + do1, doing.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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