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wealth

  • noun
  • /wɛlθ/

Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.

Example

“Money talks, but true wealth whispers.”

Other meanings

  1. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.

    “She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.”

  2. Prosperity; well-being; happiness.

Related words

  • health is wealth
  • health is your first wealth
  • stealth wealth
  • wealth tax
  • bridewealth
  • cattlewealth
  • self-made wealth
  • cultural wealth
  • generational wealth
  • megawealth
  • redistribution of wealth
  • roll in wealth

Example sentences

  • “Any wealth saved counts.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "welth".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wealth” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.