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wealth

UK/wɛlθ/ US/wɛl̪θ/ common

noun

1.

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”
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2.

the quality of profuse abundance

  • “she has a wealth of talent”
3.

an abundance of material possessions and resources

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4.

property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value

Origin

Inherited from Middle English welth, welthe (“happiness, prosperity”), from Old English *welþ, *welþu, from Proto-West Germanic *waliþu (“wealth”). Alternatively, possibly an alteration (due to similar words in -th: compare helth (“health”), derth (“dearth”)) of wele (“wealth, well-being, weal”), from Old English wela (“wealth, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *walô (“well-being, prosperity”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“good, best”); equivalent to weal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with West Frisian wielde (“wealth”), Dutch weelde (“wealth”), Low German Weelde (“wealth”), Old High German welida, welitha (“wealth”). Related also to German Wohl (“welfare, well-being, weal”), Danish vel (“weal, welfare”), Swedish väl (“well-being, weal”). More at weal, well.

Phrases

  • bookshelf wealth
  • cultural wealth
  • generational wealth
  • health is wealth
  • health is your first wealth
  • redistribution of wealth
  • roll in wealth
  • self-made wealth

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