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Meaning of "wealth" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WEALTH

Welthe, from weal²; related to well1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WEALTH

wealth  [wɛlθ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEALTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wealth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WEALTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wealth

Wealth

Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. This excludes the core meaning as held in the originating old English word weal, which is from an Indo-European word stem. In this larger understanding of wealth, an individual, community, region or country that possesses an abundance of such possessions or resources to the benefit of the common good is known as wealthy. The modern concept of wealth is of significance in all areas of economics, and clearly so for growth economics and development economics yet the meaning of wealth is context-dependent. At the most general level, economists may define wealth as "anything of value" that captures both the subjective nature of the idea and the idea that it is not a fixed or static concept. Various definitions and concepts of wealth have been asserted by various individuals and in different contexts. Defining wealth can be a normative process with various ethical implications, since often wealth maximization is seen as a goal or is thought to be a normative principle of its own.

Definition of wealth in the English dictionary

The first definition of wealth in the dictionary is a large amount of money and valuable material possessions. Other definition of wealth is the state of being rich. Wealth is also a great profusion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEALTH


commonwealth
ˈkɒmənˌwɛlθ
health
hɛlθ
stealth
stɛlθ
telehealth
ˈtɛlɪˌhɛlθ
unhealth
ʌnˈhɛlθ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEALTH

weakliest
weakliness
weakling
weakly
weakness
weakon
weakside
weal
weald
wealsman
wealth tax
wealthier
wealthiest
wealthily
wealthiness
wealthless
wealthy
wean
weanel
weaner

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEALTH

bill of health
board of health
bride wealth
clean bill of health
Department of Health
environmental health
ill health
Medical Officer of Health
mental health
Minister of Health
National Health
New Commonwealth
occupational health
public health
sexual health
the Commonwealth

Synonyms and antonyms of wealth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WEALTH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wealth» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wealth

Translation of «wealth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEALTH

Find out the translation of wealth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wealth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wealth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

财富
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

riqueza
570 millions of speakers

English

wealth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثَرْوَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

богатство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

riqueza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

richesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reichtum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

富裕
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasugihan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự giàu có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செல்வம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संपत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

servet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricchezze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bogactwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

статок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

avere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλούτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rykdom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förmögenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rikdom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wealth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEALTH»

The term «wealth» is very widely used and occupies the 6.848 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEALTH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wealth» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wealth» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wealth

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10 QUOTES WITH «WEALTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wealth.
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Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Online, you can become much more than a reactive donor - you can become a proactive, strategic, collaborative philanthropist, improving your giving every day by tapping into the wealth of philanthropic resources available at the tap of a keyboard or the click of a mouse.
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Abu Bakar Bashir
Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.
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Robert Burton
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
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John Caudwell
I decided to leave most of my wealth to my charitable foundation, which is not to be confused with my charity. My charity helps children directly. The charitable foundation will receive most of my legacy when I die.
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William J. Clinton
It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.
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Glenn Close
There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.
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Calvin Coolidge
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Dane DeHaan
There's a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.
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Armand Deutsch
Crimes of the century differ from the garden variety of murders. They involve wealth, celebrity and powerful attorneys, and live on for decades after the verdict has been rendered.
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T. Harv Eker
The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEALTH»

Discover the use of wealth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wealth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical ...
In theOrigin of Wealth, Eric Beinhocker offers a thorough and convincing new way to think about economic growth and business management.
Eric D. Beinhocker, 2006
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Black Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial ...
It provided, for the first time, systematic empirical evidence that explained the racial inequality gap between blacks and whites. The Tenth Anniversary edition contains two entirely new and substantive chapters.
Melvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. Shapiro, 2006
3
Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family--How Family Members ...
The first edition of this book, privately published, became a word-of-mouth classic.
James E. Hughes, Jr., 2010
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The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools ...
Drawing on in-depth interviews with 200 black and white families, The American Dream and the Power of Wealth starkly reveals the enormous extent to which parents defend their beliefs in the values that lie at the heart of the American Dream ...
Heather Beth Johnson, 2006
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Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the ...
Glasbeek is known by generations of students for his brilliant, funny lectures at Osgoode Hall Law School. With Wealth by Stealth his informative critique of corporate behaviour becomes available and accessible to all.
H. J. Glasbeek, 2002
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On Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations": A Philosophical Companion
Fleischacker also places Smith's views in relation to the work of his contemporaries, especially his teacher Francis Hutcheson and friend David Hume, and draws out consequences of Smith's thought for present-day political and philosophical ...
Samuel Fleischacker, 2009
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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Threat Or Salvation?
These funds also have a large impact on international markets. This timely book first traces the origins of SWFs and the buildup of international reserves.
Edwin M. Truman, 2011
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The Wealth of Nations
Smith believed in a Meritocracy. Smith emphasized the advancement that one could take based on their will to better themselves. This is simply one of the most important books ever written on the subject of economics.
Adam Smith, 2014
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Global Private Banking and Wealth Management: The New Realities
This book is welcome for providing a remarkably thorough, detailed and accurate overview of the industry and the issues it presently faces.
David Maude, 2010
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Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, ...
Examines the life of the head of the chocolate factory empire, describing his fatherless upbringing by a strict Mennonite mother, his failures with two early candy companies, and his construction of the utopian Hershey village.
Michael D'Antonio, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEALTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wealth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Morgan Stanley 'Very Comfortable' With Size of Its Wealth Business
The results showed that Morgan Stanley's wealth business continues to post strong, steady performance, as expected from Mr. Gorman, who is responsible for ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Millionaires control 41% of world's wealth
Millionaires are expected to control nearly half of the world's personal wealth by 2019, according to a new study, suggesting that the wealth gap will continue to ... «CNBC, Jun 15»
3
Sunday Times Rich List: Britain's richest double their wealth in 10 …
The collective wealth of Britain's richest people has more than doubled in the last 10 ... Back in 1997, it took a personal wealth of just £15m to make the grade. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
4
Oxfam Study Finds Richest 1% Is Likely to Control Half of Global …
The richest 1 percent are likely to control more than half of the globe's total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday. «New York Times, Jan 15»
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Morgan Stanley says wealth management employee stole client data
Morgan Stanley (MS.N) said on Monday it had fired a financial adviser who allegedly stole account information from about 350,000 of its wealth management ... «Reuters, Jan 15»
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Black-White Wealth Gap Has Reached A 24-Year High
The economy is recovering, but not the bottom line for black Americans, according to new figures from the Pew Research Center. The median wealth of black ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
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Janet Yellen Is Wrong About The Cause Of Wealth Inequality.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said in a speech on the subject on Friday, that she is “greatly concerned by the extent, and continuing increase, of wealth inequality in ... «Forbes, Oct 14»
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Richest 1% of people own nearly half of global wealth, says report
A model on a luxury yacht at a boat show in the port of Dalian. China now has more people in the top 10% of global wealth holders than any other country. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
9
US Household Wealth Hits Fresh Record
Americans' combined wealth posted a new high in the second quarter, allowing consumers to ramp up borrowing—a development that could put the economy ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
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​How the wealth gap is damaging the US economy
The wealth gap undermines economic growth by dampening social mobility and creating a less-educated workforce unable to compete in the global economy. «CBS News, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
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