richesrich‧es /ˈrɪtʃɪz/ noun [plural] 
He was enjoying his new-found riches. the story of her rise from rags to riches (=from being poor to being rich)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He had soon squandered his family's riches.
- And with even more riches going to the big clubs, then it follows that even less goes to the smaller clubs.
- But this pop business is not all eight-figure deals and unimaginable riches.
- Fame and riches were instantly his.
- Jimmy, entering through the open gates, stared at the motorcar, a sign of real riches.
- The Atocha and its riches were discovered in 1985 by treasure hunter Mel Fisher off the Florida coast.
- We have a right to all of that, to all its riches for constructing our modern identity.
- Wealth flowed back to Ulthuan and great were its riches.
Longman Language Activatorto become rich
· I'm trying to think of a way to get rich.get rich (by) doing something · Mr Askin got rich selling second hand cars.get rich quick · The company promised its sales team that, if they worked hard enough, they would get rich quick.
also make a bomb British informal to become very rich by earning or winning a lot of money: · If you're a good salesman you can make a bomb, but you have to work hard.· You shouldn't have sold your shares. You could have made a bundle.make a fortune etc (by) doing something: · Richard made a fortune breeding racehorses.
to become rich, especially when you are from a poor family - used especially in newspapers: · He's just a poor country boy who made good in the city.· Ian thinks that just because he made good, everybody else can too.
to become rich by marrying a rich person: · If you don't have any yourself, it's a pretty smart move to marry into money!
to become very rich after being extremely poor: · Although he came from a poor family, he managed to go from rags to riches.
if you say that someone is made for life or is set up for life , you mean they are extremely successful and so rich that they do not need to work any more: · Now he's got a contract to advertise sports clothing he'll be made for life.· Sylvester Stallone need never make another movie. He's already set up for life.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the story of her rise from rags to riches (=from being poor to being rich)COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a game that offers untold wealth to the most talented playersCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
the story of her rise from rags to riches (=from being poor to being rich) a game that offers untold wealth to the most talented players· A dream of 10 years coming to final fruition. Untold riches as a glint in the eye.· Elf clippers sailed as far as Nippon and Cathay in search of goods. Untold riches flowed through Lothern.· It would eventually bring him untold riches.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- I look forward to having the letter you wrote tonight before you called-altogether an embarrassment of riches!
- If there is not quite an embarrassment of riches, there is enough to make the small investor blush at the choice.
- The Prado's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.
- They eventually suffered from an embarrassment of riches: they laughingly killed all their enemies and created their worst nightmare.
- We have an embarrassment of riches here!
- I used the analogy of a family that goes from rags to riches and back to rags in three or four generations.
- These he is at pains to hide in order to promote the fiction of his rise from rags to riches.
WORD FAMILYnounrichesrichnessenrichmentthe richadjectiverichenrichedverbenrichadverbrichly
literary expensive possessions and large amounts of money SYN wealth: He was enjoying his new-found riches. the story of her rise from rags to riches (=from being poor to being rich)