wealth

(wĕlth)

a. An abundance of valuable material possessions or resources; riches: gave his wealth away to charity.

b. The state of being rich; affluence: a community of great wealth.

2. Goods and resources having value in terms of exchange or use: the agricultural wealth of the region.

3. A great amount; a profusion: a wealth of advice.

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

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wealth

(wɛlθ)

1. (Economics) a large amount of money and valuable material possessions

2. (Economics) the state of being rich

3. a great profusion: a wealth of gifts.

4. (Economics) economics all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value

[C13 welthe, from weal²; related to well¹]

ˈwealthless adj

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wealth

(wɛlθ)

n.

1. a great quantity or store of money, property, or other riches.

2. plentiful amount; abundance: a wealth of imagery.

3. any or all things with monetary or exchange value.

4. rich or valuable contents or produce: the wealth of the soil.

5. the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence.

6. Obs. happiness.

[1200–50; Middle English welth (see well¹, -th¹); modeled on health]

wealth′less, adj.

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	wealth - 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" wealthiness 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.	wealth - 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.	wealth - an abundance of material possessions and resources riches 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.	wealth - 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, top dollar (informal), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. slang), lucre, wonga (slang), pelf The discovery of oil brought untold wealth to the island.
riches poverty, deprivation, penury, destitution, indigence

2. property, funds, capital, estate, assets, fortune, possessions His personal wealth is estimated at over 50 million dollars.

3. abundance, store, plenty, richness, bounty, profusion, fullness, cornucopia, plenitude, copiousness The city boasts a wealth of beautiful churches
abundance want, need, lack, poverty, shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity

Related words
like plutomania

Quotations
"In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing" [Anatole France L'Île des pingouins]
"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" Bible: St. Mark
"I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice" [Edward Moore The Gamester]

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wealth

noun

1. A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions:

affluence, fortune, pelf, riches, treasure.

2. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value:

asset (used in plural), capital, fortune, mean (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wherewithal.

3. A great deal:

abundance, mass, mountain, much, plenty, profusion, world.

Informal: barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck, pile.

Regional: power, sight.

Translations

ثَرْوَةغِنى، ثَرْوَهكَميَّةٌ كبيرَه

bohatství

rigdomet væld afformue

Reichtum

πλούτος

riqueza fortuna abundancia caudal

vauraus

fortune richesse profusion abondance

bogatstvo

gazdagság

auîur, ríkidæmignægî

ricchezza ricchezze abbondanza opulenza

富裕

부

bagātībasdaudzums

bogastvo

förmögenhet

ความร่ำรวยมั่งคั่ง

varlıkzenginlikbollukçokluk

sự giàu có

财富大量

wealth

[welθ]

A. N

1. (lit) → riqueza f
for all his wealth → a pesar de su riqueza
the country's mineral wealth → las riquezas minerales del país

2. (fig) (= abundance) → abundancia f (of de) the report provides a wealth of detail/new information → el informe contiene una abundancia de detalles/de información nueva

B. CPD wealth tax N → impuesto m sobre el patrimonio

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wealth

[ˈwɛlθ] n

(= money, resources) → richesse f

a wealth of sth (= large amount) → une profusion de qchwealth tax n → impôt m sur la fortune

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wealth

→ Reichtum m; (= private fortune) → Vermögen nt

(fig: = abundance) → Fülle f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wealth

[wɛlθ] n (money, resources) → ricchezza, ricchezze fpl (fig) (abundance) wealth (of) → dovizia or abbondanza (di)

wealth

(welθ) noun

1. riches. He is a man of great wealth.

2. a great quantity (of). a wealth of information.

ˈwealthy adjective

having much money and/or many possessions; rich. She is a wealthy young widow.

wealth

→ ثَرْوَة bohatství rigdom Reichtum πλούτος riqueza vauraus richesse bogatstvo ricchezze 富裕 부 rijkdom rikdom bogactwo riqueza богатство förmögenhet ความร่ำรวยมั่งคั่ง varlık sự giàu có 财富

wealth

n. riqueza, abundancia.

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The porter, who had often heard people speak of the immense wealth of Sindbad, could not help feeling envious of one whose lot seemed to be as happy as his own was miserable.

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Unknowingly, he was a childless man, while striving to add more wealth to his only child's inheritance.

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From all I have said I would have you gather, my poor innocents, that great is the confusion among lineages, and that only those are seen to be great and illustrious that show themselves so by the virtue, wealth, and generosity of their possessors.

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She stirs up even the shiftless to toil; for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order; and neighbour vies with is neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.

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