Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Abundant wealth.
- noun plural Valuable or precious possessions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- The state of being rich, or of having large possessions in land, goods, money, or other valuable property; wealth; opulence; affluence: originally a singular noun, but from its form now regarded as plural.
- That which makes wealthy; any valuable article or property; hence, collectively, wealth; abundant possessions; material treasures.
- That which has a high moral value; any object of high regard or esteem; an intellectual or spiritual treasure: as, the riches of knowledge.
- The choicest product or representative of anything; the pearl; the flower; the cream.
- An abundance; a wealth: used as a hunting term, in the form richess or richesse. Strutt.
- Synonyms Wealth, Affluence, etc. (see
opulence ), wealthiness, plenty, abundance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
- noun plural That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
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- noun
Money ,goods ,wealth ,treasure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abundance of material possessions and resources
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The surest path to riches is to become the head of a big company and then fail so badly that they pay you to leave.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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"the deceitfulness of riches;" the term riches includes also, as we may gather from Luke's narrative, the pleasures which riches procure.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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But the chance of striking huge riches is just too strong.
Internet Bubble 2.0, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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While Africa's “resource curse” has deep historical roots, China's strategic appetite for the continent's subterranean riches is unprecedented.
Michelle Chen: Zambia Mine Shooting Blights Chinese 'Development' in Africa Michelle Chen 2010
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While Africa's “resource curse” has deep historical roots, China's strategic appetite for the continent's subterranean riches is unprecedented.
Michelle Chen: Zambia Mine Shooting Blights Chinese 'Development' in Africa Michelle Chen 2010
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Or, going back to my own line of work, adult-oriented manga, an embarrassment of riches is freely, illicitly available to online readers, who have either no understanding of how they are created, or simply do not care.
Amazon Pulls First Second Books, Other Macmillan Titles » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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The desire for riches is always condemned in scripture.
The Two Trees 2008
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Lets not forget they gained their riches from a patriarch who was a gangster … rum runner Joseph Kennedy.
If Not One Kennedy, Perhaps Another, a 3rd Kennedy Says - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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We may have enjoyed the short term riches of the past decade or more, but we have done so by weakening the very foundations of our corporations and indeed our economy.
Simon Sinek: How to Attract the Leaders to Rebuild our Economy 2009
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Robespierre and his associates knowing what effect such a charge would have upon the people, accused him of wallowing in riches: — when his wife was arrested, she was employed in mending his linen, and nursing their offspring (CC 2.357).
Names 2007
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