About The Word Wealth
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Wealth
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What's The Definition Of Wealth?
[n] the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent"
[n] property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value [n] an abundance of material possessions and resources [n] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wealth: riches | wealthiness Related Terms | Find terms related to Wealth: See Also | abundance | affluence | belongings | circumstances | copiousness | economic condition | financial condition | gold | hoarded wealth | holding | luxuriousness | luxury | mammon | material possession | material resource | money | opulence | property | richness | silver spoon | sufficiency | sumptuousness | teemingness | treasure Wealth In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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