haveshaves /hævz/ noun 
the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots → have-nots
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- In that system, things were rigged in favor of the haves.
- It was a joke played by the haves against the have-nots.
- Never has Chabrol revealed so relentlessly the dangerous, ever-widening chasm between the haves and the have-nots.
- The haves plan to vote Tory: the have nots support Labour.
- The current shakeout may serve to separate the haves from have-nots.
- The society of a few haves and a multitude of have nots had been transformed.
Longman Language Activatora rich person
a person who is very rich, usually because they own land, property etc or because they have a family that has always been rich: · Taylor is a man of means. His family owns several apartment blocks in New York.· These were people of means who could afford to pay expensive legal fees.
a person who has a million pounds or dollars, or more: · The money to keep the hospital open was provided by a London millionaire.· I can't afford a new car just now. I'm no millionaire, you know.
a person who has many millions of pounds or dollars: · Louis Berg is a multi-millionaire who made his money in the newspaper business.
a rich and powerful person in a particular industry: · Foundations set up by magnates such as Carnegie and Rockefeller provided most of the funding for the arts in the US.steel/oil/shipping etc magnate: · She married a Texan oil magnate.· the property magnate who owns the Empire State Building
someone who makes a lot of money from a particular industry or business - use this about people who you think do not deserve to earn so much because they do not run their industry well, do not provide a good service etc: · They do not resent the city fat cats, but believe top businessmen deserve success.· Why should those fat cats get rich through our efforts?
informal use this when you are saying in a humorous way that someone has a lot of money: · Nowadays, if you're not a moneybags, some places don't want to have anything to do with you.
all the people who are rich in a particular country, society etc - use this especially when you are comparing them with people who are poor: · Under this government the rich seem to have got richer and the poor poorer.· Democracy gave the poor, as well as the rich, a part to play in governing the city.the rich and famous: · a tour around the Hollywood homes of the rich and famous
people who are rich, especially through owning land, property, or valuable possessions over a long period of time, who have a lot of power or influence in society: · Private health care should not be only for the wealthy.· The hotel stood by a lake, where the wealthy went to go fishing or pigeon shooting.
rich people and poor people - use this expression when you are comparing both groups: · The widening gap between the haves and the have nots is becoming very noticeable in New York.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the widening gap between the haves and the have-notsCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a country where the have-nots far outnumber the haves
the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots a country where the have-nots far outnumber the havesPHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
the haves the rich people in a country or society: - In America, there is a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots.
the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots → have-nots