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wealth  (wlth)
n.
1.
a. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches.
b. The state of being rich; affluence.
2. All goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use.
3. A great amount; a profusion: a wealth of advice.

[Middle English welthe, from wele, from Old English wela; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

wealth
Noun
1. the state of being rich
2. a large amount of money and valuable material possessions: redistribution of wealth
3. a great amount or number: a wealth of detail [Middle English welthe]

Wealth a large possession; a great amount.
Examples: wealth of antiquity, 1697; of feeling; of information; of knowledge; of learning; of inarticulate speech, 1874; of wit, 1596; of words, 1850.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wealthwealth - 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"
financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances
affluence, richness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
inherited wealth - wealth that is inherited rather than earned
luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness, luxury - wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
mammon - wealth regarded as an evil influence
sufficiency - sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
2.wealthwealth - the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"
abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
3.wealthwealth - an abundance of material possessions and resources
material resource - assets in the form of material possessions
gold - great wealth; "Whilst that for which all virtue now is sold, and almost every vice--almighty gold"--Ben Jonson
hoarded wealth, treasure - accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies"
4.wealthwealth - property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value
belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
money - wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate"

wealth
noun 1. riches, fortune, prosperity, affluence, goods, means, money, funds, property, cash, resources, substance, possessions, big money, big bucks (informal), chiefly U.S. opulence, megabucks U.S., Canad. (slang) lucre, pelf << OPPOSITE poverty
noun 3. abundance, store, plenty, richness, bounty, profusion, fullness, cornucopia, plenitude, copiousness << OPPOSITE lack >> like plutomania
Translations
Spanish wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → riqueza; [of details] → abundancia
French wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → richesse(s) f(pl) [of details]; profusion f
German wealth [wɛlθ] nReichtum m [of details, knowledge etc] → Fülle f
Italian wealth [wɛlθ] n (= money, resources) → ricchezza, ricchezze fpl [of details] → abbondanza, profusione f

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It was his lot to share the fortune of most of those who brought wealth with them into the new settlements of the middle colonies.
But notwithstanding the imperfection of the rule as applied to the relative wealth and contributions of the States, it is evidently the least objectionable among the practicable rules, and had too recently obtained the general sanction of America, not to have found a ready preference with the convention.
320-341) Wealth should not be seized: god-given wealth is much better; for it a man take great wealth violently and perforce, or if he steal it through his tongue, as often happens when gain deceives men's sense and dishonour tramples down honour, the gods soon blot him out and make that man's house low, and wealth attends him only for a little time.
 
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