Definition of wealth in English:

wealth

noun wɛlθwɛlθ

mass noun

1An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials
Example sentencesExamples
- Considered a good people manager, he is a man of considerable private wealth and property.
- Such work has most often been done with the papers of men of national importance or considerable wealth whose papers were substantial.
- For there are many such people who would never dream of obtaining money and wealth either at the expense of others, or by ill-gotten gains.
- Thus, our productivity, wages and standards of living, our money and our wealth, are continually at risk.
- Reducing inequality almost always requires redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor.
- It is wrong and stupid to impose the brunt of the reforms on the socially weak while ignoring all those who possess large incomes and wealth.
- The public has a claim on part of that money not only because of their contribution to private wealth, but because the public needs the money to create the kind of society we want in the future.
- Those who had paid their debts had more control over their work, and some seem to have accumulated considerable wealth in savings and jewellery.
- In Dijon as elsewhere, these elites enjoyed considerable wealth, property, and status.
- Thus, he uses his wealth to bribe union officials to allow him to arrange for a private ward to be opened purely for the convenience of his father.
- Only 2 percent of all taxpayers possess enough wealth to pay an estate tax, and more than half the tax is paid by a minuscule 4,000 families a year.
- African Americans today only have eight cents for every dollar of wealth that White Americans possess.
- Class evolved through the possession of wealth and property.
- They are enjoying unprecedented wealth, earning easy money from the lucrative gambling trade which now funds their previously impoverished communities.
- The one advantage he did possess was inherited wealth, which he pledged to spend for the benefit of others.
- In terms of this law, public officials who exhibit a lifestyle above their official means are prosecuted unless they can prove legitimate possession of this wealth.
- Possessed of wealth and power, they offered only promises to the poor.
- He used some of his wealth to bribe officials of the Great Court, and through them, he knew everything that passed before the Queen.
- However, an economic model that does not include the creation of wealth is about as valuable as an ecological model that does not include reproduction or predation.
- New taxes on wealth could redistribute money from older, better off Australians into education, health, and unemployment accounts for young Australians.
- This often leaves those regarded as having acquired wealth illegally in full possession and under no obligation to compensate anyone for previous wrongdoing.
Synonyms
affluence, prosperity, opulence, riches, means, substance, luxury, well-being, plenty, deep pockets
Mammon
money, cash, lucre, capital, principal, treasure, fortune, finance
assets, possessions, resources, effects, goods, funds, valuables
property, stock, reserves, securities, holdings, belongings, chattels
ill-gotten gains
informal wherewithal, dough, bread
archaic pelf
1. 1.1 The state of being rich; material prosperity.
  some people buy boats and cars to display their wealth
  Example sentencesExamples
  I dislike the fur trade when it exists in order for rich women to display their wealth, and am in favour of it when it helps not-rich people to stay warm in cold places.
  Traditionally, material comfort, wealth, and security are the least of the concerns of forest dwellers.
  Synonyms
  prosperity, prosperousness, successfulness, affluence, riches, fortune, opulence, luxury, comfort, life of ease, the good life, milk and honey
2. 1.2 Plentiful supplies of a particular resource.
  the country's mineral wealth
  Example sentencesExamples
  In his 15 years in power, he often said he believed the mountains of Namibia were full of mineral wealth which had yet to be tapped.
  Northern Afghanistan has the mineral wealth and the infrastructure to help lead the rest of the country back to economic health if its leaders can get their act together.
  Millions have died in this area in the past decade, for land, for gold, for power, for control of mineral wealth, and now there's an oil boom, without any oil.
  The Japanese also had their eye on the rubber plantations, mineral wealth and oil reserves of the Dutch East Indies.
  Nor does Europe compare with, say, Africa for mineral wealth.
  A study of 113 countries concludes that oil and mineral wealth tends to make countries less democratic.
  A small segment of the population has prospered from the oil wealth.
  It is also an open secret that most of wars in Africa are induced by external forces with the lust to spirit away minerals and oil wealth from the continent.
  His mismanagement of the economy and his corruption exacerbated the poverty of the population, which was thus unable to benefit from the country's wealth in mineral resources.
  Of course the fabled mineral wealth of the country was a good reason why there were so many visitors in the first place, as the many stories of plunder and looting by famous invaders testify.
  In 1952 a post-war government anxious to exploit its mineral wealth granted sweeping planning permission to quarrying firms in places like the Peak District.
  Until recently, there were nine different armies competing for food and access to the local mineral wealth.
  They were put to work in remote areas to fell trees, mine the country's mineral wealth and open up the vast and empty land tracts of the far north and east.
  Bordered by nine countries, its mineral wealth is brazenly plundered, made possible by an infernally weak state in which corruption, violence and lawlessness are rife.
  Perth is something of a boom town, due to the immense mineral wealth of the state of Western Australia.
  Those resources might be land or industry or mineral wealth or the environment.
  But after the loss of Sicily and Sardinia he wanted to add Spain's mineral wealth and manpower to Carthage's resources, thus enabling it to fight a new war effectively when war came.
  We haven't used the massive resources that have been made available by mineral and petroleum wealth over the last 15 years, and those projects are all coming to an end.
  A spokesman for the department said it was its duty under the Minerals Act to protect all mineral reserves and ensure the mineral wealth is protected for the benefit of the Exchequer.
  He treated the vast mineral wealth of his country as something for him to sell off to the highest international bidders.
  The peace agreement provides a formula for southern rebels and the government to share political power and the country's oil wealth and other natural resources.
2in singular A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing.
the tables and maps contain a wealth of information
Example sentencesExamples
- The tradition of weather watching or amateur forecasting in Ireland has been passed on from generation to generation and has brought with it a wealth of lore and anecdotal observations.
- The fellow I was talking to was himself South African; he had a wealth of information, and only a few minutes to share his rich and politically charged experiences.
- He has a wealth of international experience behind him, but just as it has taken him a while to find a club and a team where he is happy and productive, it could be that his best days for Ireland are still ahead.
- And it supplies a wealth of advice on deciding whether to go solo in the first place.
- Research has yielded a wealth of information about the buildings and its occupation in the late 15th century by Mr Snawsell, goldsmith, senior alderman and a Lord Mayor of York.
- She shares our vision and aspirations for this unique venture, and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the project.
- Bradford has a wealth of wonderful walks that people want to be able to enjoy - the Council has a duty to make sure rights of way stay open.
- He gave us a wealth of information about the KGB.
- There is a wealth of evidence that the support given to children in the first three to five years makes far more difference than, say, how universities select among those who have made the grade at 18.
- She has a wealth of hilarious and eye-watering stories garnered from 45 years in the profession, which she tells with practised ease and the delivery of a professional comedian.
- Researchers and community activists supplied conference participants with a wealth of ideas.
- For nine days, the hikers will travel across the Cederberg Mountains, which offer stunning scenery, a vast array of preserved bushman artwork and a wealth of flora and fauna.
- He is a fitness leader and gym instructor with a wealth of qualifications and eight years' experience of helping people improve, maintain and achieve their fitness objectives.
- This week's testimony has made it much clearer that there was a wealth of intelligence available in the summer of 2001 indicating that a major terrorist attack was coming.
- The event will be held on Saturday, April 16, and will also feature a wealth of objects collected during the Victorian era when exploration was a fashionable pastime of the wealthy.
- As well as being an attractive feature of the Lakeland hills, dry-stone walls also play a role in managing livestock as well as their nooks and crannies being home to a wealth of wildlife.
- ‘We supply them with a wealth of information twice a month,’ she said.
- Organised by Ballina Parish Choir, this event will feature a wealth of local talent and special guests, Janet Harbison and members of the National Harp Orchestra.
- She was a cultured woman, a great raconteur with a wealth of stories and anecdotes, a keen observer of life and above all she was a deeply religious woman, with a special devotion to St Padre Pio.
- He brings a wealth of executive experience from previous roles in both the public and private sector to the mutual, non-profit friendly society.
Synonyms
abundance, profusion, plethora, mine, store, treasury, copiousness, plenitude, amplitude, bounty, cornucopia
informal lot, load, heap, mass, pile, mountain, ocean, sea, stack, ton
British informal shedload
Australian/New Zealand informal swag
vulgar slang shitload
North American vulgar slang assload
3archaic Well-being.

Origin

Middle English welthe, from well¹ or weal², on the pattern of health.

well from Old English:
The well meaning ‘in a good way’ and well ‘shaft giving access to water’ are different Old English words. The first provides the first half of welfare (Middle English). The start of welcome (Old English), on the other hand, is from another Old English element, wil- meaning ‘pleasure’—welcome originally meant ‘a person whose arrival is pleasing’. Wealth (Middle English) has a basic sense of ‘well-being’, being formed from well in the same way that health (Old English) is formed from hale (see wassail). The title of Shakespeare's comedy All's Well that Ends Well was already an old saying when he wrote the play at the beginning of the 17th century. The first record of the proverb is as early as 1250. People have been well endowed only since the 1950s, but men could be well-hung in the early 17th century. At this time it meant ‘having large ears’ as well as ‘having a large penis’. The well you get water from is Old English wella ‘spring of water’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘boil, bubble up’,

Rhymes

health, stealth

Definition of wealth in US English:

wealth

nounwelTHwɛlθ

1An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
he used his wealth to bribe officials
Example sentencesExamples
- It is wrong and stupid to impose the brunt of the reforms on the socially weak while ignoring all those who possess large incomes and wealth.
- New taxes on wealth could redistribute money from older, better off Australians into education, health, and unemployment accounts for young Australians.
- He used some of his wealth to bribe officials of the Great Court, and through them, he knew everything that passed before the Queen.
- The public has a claim on part of that money not only because of their contribution to private wealth, but because the public needs the money to create the kind of society we want in the future.
- Those who had paid their debts had more control over their work, and some seem to have accumulated considerable wealth in savings and jewellery.
- Considered a good people manager, he is a man of considerable private wealth and property.
- This often leaves those regarded as having acquired wealth illegally in full possession and under no obligation to compensate anyone for previous wrongdoing.
- Such work has most often been done with the papers of men of national importance or considerable wealth whose papers were substantial.
- African Americans today only have eight cents for every dollar of wealth that White Americans possess.
- Only 2 percent of all taxpayers possess enough wealth to pay an estate tax, and more than half the tax is paid by a minuscule 4,000 families a year.
- Reducing inequality almost always requires redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor.
- For there are many such people who would never dream of obtaining money and wealth either at the expense of others, or by ill-gotten gains.
- Class evolved through the possession of wealth and property.
- In Dijon as elsewhere, these elites enjoyed considerable wealth, property, and status.
- Thus, our productivity, wages and standards of living, our money and our wealth, are continually at risk.
- The one advantage he did possess was inherited wealth, which he pledged to spend for the benefit of others.
- However, an economic model that does not include the creation of wealth is about as valuable as an ecological model that does not include reproduction or predation.
- In terms of this law, public officials who exhibit a lifestyle above their official means are prosecuted unless they can prove legitimate possession of this wealth.
- Thus, he uses his wealth to bribe union officials to allow him to arrange for a private ward to be opened purely for the convenience of his father.
- They are enjoying unprecedented wealth, earning easy money from the lucrative gambling trade which now funds their previously impoverished communities.
- Possessed of wealth and power, they offered only promises to the poor.
Synonyms
affluence, prosperity, opulence, riches, means, substance, luxury, well-being, plenty, deep pockets
1. 1.1 The state of being rich; material prosperity.
  some people buy boats and cars to display their wealth
  Example sentencesExamples
  I dislike the fur trade when it exists in order for rich women to display their wealth, and am in favour of it when it helps not-rich people to stay warm in cold places.
  Traditionally, material comfort, wealth, and security are the least of the concerns of forest dwellers.
  Synonyms
  prosperity, prosperousness, successfulness, affluence, riches, fortune, opulence, luxury, comfort, life of ease, the good life, milk and honey
2. 1.2 Plentiful supplies of a particular resource.
  the country's mineral wealth
  Example sentencesExamples
  Northern Afghanistan has the mineral wealth and the infrastructure to help lead the rest of the country back to economic health if its leaders can get their act together.
  It is also an open secret that most of wars in Africa are induced by external forces with the lust to spirit away minerals and oil wealth from the continent.
  His mismanagement of the economy and his corruption exacerbated the poverty of the population, which was thus unable to benefit from the country's wealth in mineral resources.
  But after the loss of Sicily and Sardinia he wanted to add Spain's mineral wealth and manpower to Carthage's resources, thus enabling it to fight a new war effectively when war came.
  The peace agreement provides a formula for southern rebels and the government to share political power and the country's oil wealth and other natural resources.
  Of course the fabled mineral wealth of the country was a good reason why there were so many visitors in the first place, as the many stories of plunder and looting by famous invaders testify.
  In 1952 a post-war government anxious to exploit its mineral wealth granted sweeping planning permission to quarrying firms in places like the Peak District.
  They were put to work in remote areas to fell trees, mine the country's mineral wealth and open up the vast and empty land tracts of the far north and east.
  A small segment of the population has prospered from the oil wealth.
  Those resources might be land or industry or mineral wealth or the environment.
  Bordered by nine countries, its mineral wealth is brazenly plundered, made possible by an infernally weak state in which corruption, violence and lawlessness are rife.
  Millions have died in this area in the past decade, for land, for gold, for power, for control of mineral wealth, and now there's an oil boom, without any oil.
  We haven't used the massive resources that have been made available by mineral and petroleum wealth over the last 15 years, and those projects are all coming to an end.
  In his 15 years in power, he often said he believed the mountains of Namibia were full of mineral wealth which had yet to be tapped.
  A study of 113 countries concludes that oil and mineral wealth tends to make countries less democratic.
  A spokesman for the department said it was its duty under the Minerals Act to protect all mineral reserves and ensure the mineral wealth is protected for the benefit of the Exchequer.
  Until recently, there were nine different armies competing for food and access to the local mineral wealth.
  Nor does Europe compare with, say, Africa for mineral wealth.
  He treated the vast mineral wealth of his country as something for him to sell off to the highest international bidders.
  The Japanese also had their eye on the rubber plantations, mineral wealth and oil reserves of the Dutch East Indies.
  Perth is something of a boom town, due to the immense mineral wealth of the state of Western Australia.
3. 1.3in singular A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing.
  the tables and maps contain a wealth of information
  Example sentencesExamples
  He brings a wealth of executive experience from previous roles in both the public and private sector to the mutual, non-profit friendly society.
  The tradition of weather watching or amateur forecasting in Ireland has been passed on from generation to generation and has brought with it a wealth of lore and anecdotal observations.
  Research has yielded a wealth of information about the buildings and its occupation in the late 15th century by Mr Snawsell, goldsmith, senior alderman and a Lord Mayor of York.
  As well as being an attractive feature of the Lakeland hills, dry-stone walls also play a role in managing livestock as well as their nooks and crannies being home to a wealth of wildlife.
  There is a wealth of evidence that the support given to children in the first three to five years makes far more difference than, say, how universities select among those who have made the grade at 18.
  She was a cultured woman, a great raconteur with a wealth of stories and anecdotes, a keen observer of life and above all she was a deeply religious woman, with a special devotion to St Padre Pio.
  Organised by Ballina Parish Choir, this event will feature a wealth of local talent and special guests, Janet Harbison and members of the National Harp Orchestra.
  For nine days, the hikers will travel across the Cederberg Mountains, which offer stunning scenery, a vast array of preserved bushman artwork and a wealth of flora and fauna.
  This week's testimony has made it much clearer that there was a wealth of intelligence available in the summer of 2001 indicating that a major terrorist attack was coming.
  The fellow I was talking to was himself South African; he had a wealth of information, and only a few minutes to share his rich and politically charged experiences.
  And it supplies a wealth of advice on deciding whether to go solo in the first place.
  Researchers and community activists supplied conference participants with a wealth of ideas.
  The event will be held on Saturday, April 16, and will also feature a wealth of objects collected during the Victorian era when exploration was a fashionable pastime of the wealthy.
  ‘We supply them with a wealth of information twice a month,’ she said.
  He is a fitness leader and gym instructor with a wealth of qualifications and eight years' experience of helping people improve, maintain and achieve their fitness objectives.
  He has a wealth of international experience behind him, but just as it has taken him a while to find a club and a team where he is happy and productive, it could be that his best days for Ireland are still ahead.
  He gave us a wealth of information about the KGB.
  She shares our vision and aspirations for this unique venture, and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the project.
  She has a wealth of hilarious and eye-watering stories garnered from 45 years in the profession, which she tells with practised ease and the delivery of a professional comedian.
  Bradford has a wealth of wonderful walks that people want to be able to enjoy - the Council has a duty to make sure rights of way stay open.
  Synonyms
  abundance, profusion, plethora, mine, store, treasury, copiousness, plenitude, amplitude, bounty, cornucopia
4. 1.4archaic Well-being; prosperity.

Origin

Middle English welthe, from well or weal, on the pattern of health.

单词	wealth
释义	Definition of wealth in English: wealth noun wɛlθwɛlθ mass noun 1An abundance of valuable possessions or money. he used his considerable wealth to bribe officials Example sentencesExamples Considered a good people manager, he is a man of considerable private wealth and property. Such work has most often been done with the papers of men of national importance or considerable wealth whose papers were substantial. For there are many such people who would never dream of obtaining money and wealth either at the expense of others, or by ill-gotten gains. Thus, our productivity, wages and standards of living, our money and our wealth, are continually at risk. Reducing inequality almost always requires redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor. It is wrong and stupid to impose the brunt of the reforms on the socially weak while ignoring all those who possess large incomes and wealth. The public has a claim on part of that money not only because of their contribution to private wealth, but because the public needs the money to create the kind of society we want in the future. Those who had paid their debts had more control over their work, and some seem to have accumulated considerable wealth in savings and jewellery. In Dijon as elsewhere, these elites enjoyed considerable wealth, property, and status. Thus, he uses his wealth to bribe union officials to allow him to arrange for a private ward to be opened purely for the convenience of his father. Only 2 percent of all taxpayers possess enough wealth to pay an estate tax, and more than half the tax is paid by a minuscule 4,000 families a year. African Americans today only have eight cents for every dollar of wealth that White Americans possess. Class evolved through the possession of wealth and property. They are enjoying unprecedented wealth, earning easy money from the lucrative gambling trade which now funds their previously impoverished communities. The one advantage he did possess was inherited wealth, which he pledged to spend for the benefit of others. In terms of this law, public officials who exhibit a lifestyle above their official means are prosecuted unless they can prove legitimate possession of this wealth. Possessed of wealth and power, they offered only promises to the poor. He used some of his wealth to bribe officials of the Great Court, and through them, he knew everything that passed before the Queen. However, an economic model that does not include the creation of wealth is about as valuable as an ecological model that does not include reproduction or predation. New taxes on wealth could redistribute money from older, better off Australians into education, health, and unemployment accounts for young Australians. This often leaves those regarded as having acquired wealth illegally in full possession and under no obligation to compensate anyone for previous wrongdoing. Synonyms affluence, prosperity, opulence, riches, means, substance, luxury, well-being, plenty, deep pockets Mammon money, cash, lucre, capital, principal, treasure, fortune, finance assets, possessions, resources, effects, goods, funds, valuables property, stock, reserves, securities, holdings, belongings, chattels ill-gotten gains informal wherewithal, dough, bread archaic pelf 1.1 The state of being rich; material prosperity. some people buy boats and cars to display their wealth Example sentencesExamples I dislike the fur trade when it exists in order for rich women to display their wealth, and am in favour of it when it helps not-rich people to stay warm in cold places. Traditionally, material comfort, wealth, and security are the least of the concerns of forest dwellers. Synonyms prosperity, prosperousness, successfulness, affluence, riches, fortune, opulence, luxury, comfort, life of ease, the good life, milk and honey 1.2 Plentiful supplies of a particular resource. the country's mineral wealth Example sentencesExamples In his 15 years in power, he often said he believed the mountains of Namibia were full of mineral wealth which had yet to be tapped. Northern Afghanistan has the mineral wealth and the infrastructure to help lead the rest of the country back to economic health if its leaders can get their act together. Millions have died in this area in the past decade, for land, for gold, for power, for control of mineral wealth, and now there's an oil boom, without any oil. The Japanese also had their eye on the rubber plantations, mineral wealth and oil reserves of the Dutch East Indies. Nor does Europe compare with, say, Africa for mineral wealth. A study of 113 countries concludes that oil and mineral wealth tends to make countries less democratic. A small segment of the population has prospered from the oil wealth. It is also an open secret that most of wars in Africa are induced by external forces with the lust to spirit away minerals and oil wealth from the continent. His mismanagement of the economy and his corruption exacerbated the poverty of the population, which was thus unable to benefit from the country's wealth in mineral resources. Of course the fabled mineral wealth of the country was a good reason why there were so many visitors in the first place, as the many stories of plunder and looting by famous invaders testify. In 1952 a post-war government anxious to exploit its mineral wealth granted sweeping planning permission to quarrying firms in places like the Peak District. Until recently, there were nine different armies competing for food and access to the local mineral wealth. They were put to work in remote areas to fell trees, mine the country's mineral wealth and open up the vast and empty land tracts of the far north and east. Bordered by nine countries, its mineral wealth is brazenly plundered, made possible by an infernally weak state in which corruption, violence and lawlessness are rife. Perth is something of a boom town, due to the immense mineral wealth of the state of Western Australia. Those resources might be land or industry or mineral wealth or the environment. But after the loss of Sicily and Sardinia he wanted to add Spain's mineral wealth and manpower to Carthage's resources, thus enabling it to fight a new war effectively when war came. We haven't used the massive resources that have been made available by mineral and petroleum wealth over the last 15 years, and those projects are all coming to an end. A spokesman for the department said it was its duty under the Minerals Act to protect all mineral reserves and ensure the mineral wealth is protected for the benefit of the Exchequer. He treated the vast mineral wealth of his country as something for him to sell off to the highest international bidders. The peace agreement provides a formula for southern rebels and the government to share political power and the country's oil wealth and other natural resources. 2in singular A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing. the tables and maps contain a wealth of information Example sentencesExamples The tradition of weather watching or amateur forecasting in Ireland has been passed on from generation to generation and has brought with it a wealth of lore and anecdotal observations. The fellow I was talking to was himself South African; he had a wealth of information, and only a few minutes to share his rich and politically charged experiences. He has a wealth of international experience behind him, but just as it has taken him a while to find a club and a team where he is happy and productive, it could be that his best days for Ireland are still ahead. And it supplies a wealth of advice on deciding whether to go solo in the first place. Research has yielded a wealth of information about the buildings and its occupation in the late 15th century by Mr Snawsell, goldsmith, senior alderman and a Lord Mayor of York. She shares our vision and aspirations for this unique venture, and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the project. Bradford has a wealth of wonderful walks that people want to be able to enjoy - the Council has a duty to make sure rights of way stay open. He gave us a wealth of information about the KGB. There is a wealth of evidence that the support given to children in the first three to five years makes far more difference than, say, how universities select among those who have made the grade at 18. She has a wealth of hilarious and eye-watering stories garnered from 45 years in the profession, which she tells with practised ease and the delivery of a professional comedian. Researchers and community activists supplied conference participants with a wealth of ideas. For nine days, the hikers will travel across the Cederberg Mountains, which offer stunning scenery, a vast array of preserved bushman artwork and a wealth of flora and fauna. He is a fitness leader and gym instructor with a wealth of qualifications and eight years' experience of helping people improve, maintain and achieve their fitness objectives. This week's testimony has made it much clearer that there was a wealth of intelligence available in the summer of 2001 indicating that a major terrorist attack was coming. The event will be held on Saturday, April 16, and will also feature a wealth of objects collected during the Victorian era when exploration was a fashionable pastime of the wealthy. As well as being an attractive feature of the Lakeland hills, dry-stone walls also play a role in managing livestock as well as their nooks and crannies being home to a wealth of wildlife. ‘We supply them with a wealth of information twice a month,’ she said. Organised by Ballina Parish Choir, this event will feature a wealth of local talent and special guests, Janet Harbison and members of the National Harp Orchestra. She was a cultured woman, a great raconteur with a wealth of stories and anecdotes, a keen observer of life and above all she was a deeply religious woman, with a special devotion to St Padre Pio. He brings a wealth of executive experience from previous roles in both the public and private sector to the mutual, non-profit friendly society. Synonyms abundance, profusion, plethora, mine, store, treasury, copiousness, plenitude, amplitude, bounty, cornucopia informal lot, load, heap, mass, pile, mountain, ocean, sea, stack, ton British informal shedload Australian/New Zealand informal swag vulgar slang shitload North American vulgar slang assload 3archaic Well-being. Origin Middle English welthe, from well¹ or weal², on the pattern of health. well from Old English: The well meaning ‘in a good way’ and well ‘shaft giving access to water’ are different Old English words. The first provides the first half of welfare (Middle English). The start of welcome (Old English), on the other hand, is from another Old English element, wil- meaning ‘pleasure’—welcome originally meant ‘a person whose arrival is pleasing’. Wealth (Middle English) has a basic sense of ‘well-being’, being formed from well in the same way that health (Old English) is formed from hale (see wassail). The title of Shakespeare's comedy All's Well that Ends Well was already an old saying when he wrote the play at the beginning of the 17th century. The first record of the proverb is as early as 1250. People have been well endowed only since the 1950s, but men could be well-hung in the early 17th century. At this time it meant ‘having large ears’ as well as ‘having a large penis’. The well you get water from is Old English wella ‘spring of water’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘boil, bubble up’, Rhymes health, stealth Definition of wealth in US English: wealth nounwelTHwɛlθ 1An abundance of valuable possessions or money. he used his wealth to bribe officials Example sentencesExamples It is wrong and stupid to impose the brunt of the reforms on the socially weak while ignoring all those who possess large incomes and wealth. New taxes on wealth could redistribute money from older, better off Australians into education, health, and unemployment accounts for young Australians. He used some of his wealth to bribe officials of the Great Court, and through them, he knew everything that passed before the Queen. The public has a claim on part of that money not only because of their contribution to private wealth, but because the public needs the money to create the kind of society we want in the future. Those who had paid their debts had more control over their work, and some seem to have accumulated considerable wealth in savings and jewellery. Considered a good people manager, he is a man of considerable private wealth and property. This often leaves those regarded as having acquired wealth illegally in full possession and under no obligation to compensate anyone for previous wrongdoing. Such work has most often been done with the papers of men of national importance or considerable wealth whose papers were substantial. African Americans today only have eight cents for every dollar of wealth that White Americans possess. Only 2 percent of all taxpayers possess enough wealth to pay an estate tax, and more than half the tax is paid by a minuscule 4,000 families a year. Reducing inequality almost always requires redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor. For there are many such people who would never dream of obtaining money and wealth either at the expense of others, or by ill-gotten gains. Class evolved through the possession of wealth and property. In Dijon as elsewhere, these elites enjoyed considerable wealth, property, and status. Thus, our productivity, wages and standards of living, our money and our wealth, are continually at risk. The one advantage he did possess was inherited wealth, which he pledged to spend for the benefit of others. However, an economic model that does not include the creation of wealth is about as valuable as an ecological model that does not include reproduction or predation. In terms of this law, public officials who exhibit a lifestyle above their official means are prosecuted unless they can prove legitimate possession of this wealth. Thus, he uses his wealth to bribe union officials to allow him to arrange for a private ward to be opened purely for the convenience of his father. They are enjoying unprecedented wealth, earning easy money from the lucrative gambling trade which now funds their previously impoverished communities. Possessed of wealth and power, they offered only promises to the poor. Synonyms affluence, prosperity, opulence, riches, means, substance, luxury, well-being, plenty, deep pockets 1.1 The state of being rich; material prosperity. some people buy boats and cars to display their wealth Example sentencesExamples I dislike the fur trade when it exists in order for rich women to display their wealth, and am in favour of it when it helps not-rich people to stay warm in cold places. Traditionally, material comfort, wealth, and security are the least of the concerns of forest dwellers. Synonyms prosperity, prosperousness, successfulness, affluence, riches, fortune, opulence, luxury, comfort, life of ease, the good life, milk and honey 1.2 Plentiful supplies of a particular resource. the country's mineral wealth Example sentencesExamples Northern Afghanistan has the mineral wealth and the infrastructure to help lead the rest of the country back to economic health if its leaders can get their act together. It is also an open secret that most of wars in Africa are induced by external forces with the lust to spirit away minerals and oil wealth from the continent. His mismanagement of the economy and his corruption exacerbated the poverty of the population, which was thus unable to benefit from the country's wealth in mineral resources. But after the loss of Sicily and Sardinia he wanted to add Spain's mineral wealth and manpower to Carthage's resources, thus enabling it to fight a new war effectively when war came. The peace agreement provides a formula for southern rebels and the government to share political power and the country's oil wealth and other natural resources. Of course the fabled mineral wealth of the country was a good reason why there were so many visitors in the first place, as the many stories of plunder and looting by famous invaders testify. In 1952 a post-war government anxious to exploit its mineral wealth granted sweeping planning permission to quarrying firms in places like the Peak District. They were put to work in remote areas to fell trees, mine the country's mineral wealth and open up the vast and empty land tracts of the far north and east. A small segment of the population has prospered from the oil wealth. Those resources might be land or industry or mineral wealth or the environment. Bordered by nine countries, its mineral wealth is brazenly plundered, made possible by an infernally weak state in which corruption, violence and lawlessness are rife. Millions have died in this area in the past decade, for land, for gold, for power, for control of mineral wealth, and now there's an oil boom, without any oil. We haven't used the massive resources that have been made available by mineral and petroleum wealth over the last 15 years, and those projects are all coming to an end. In his 15 years in power, he often said he believed the mountains of Namibia were full of mineral wealth which had yet to be tapped. A study of 113 countries concludes that oil and mineral wealth tends to make countries less democratic. A spokesman for the department said it was its duty under the Minerals Act to protect all mineral reserves and ensure the mineral wealth is protected for the benefit of the Exchequer. Until recently, there were nine different armies competing for food and access to the local mineral wealth. Nor does Europe compare with, say, Africa for mineral wealth. He treated the vast mineral wealth of his country as something for him to sell off to the highest international bidders. The Japanese also had their eye on the rubber plantations, mineral wealth and oil reserves of the Dutch East Indies. Perth is something of a boom town, due to the immense mineral wealth of the state of Western Australia. 1.3in singular A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing. the tables and maps contain a wealth of information Example sentencesExamples He brings a wealth of executive experience from previous roles in both the public and private sector to the mutual, non-profit friendly society. The tradition of weather watching or amateur forecasting in Ireland has been passed on from generation to generation and has brought with it a wealth of lore and anecdotal observations. Research has yielded a wealth of information about the buildings and its occupation in the late 15th century by Mr Snawsell, goldsmith, senior alderman and a Lord Mayor of York. As well as being an attractive feature of the Lakeland hills, dry-stone walls also play a role in managing livestock as well as their nooks and crannies being home to a wealth of wildlife. There is a wealth of evidence that the support given to children in the first three to five years makes far more difference than, say, how universities select among those who have made the grade at 18. She was a cultured woman, a great raconteur with a wealth of stories and anecdotes, a keen observer of life and above all she was a deeply religious woman, with a special devotion to St Padre Pio. Organised by Ballina Parish Choir, this event will feature a wealth of local talent and special guests, Janet Harbison and members of the National Harp Orchestra. For nine days, the hikers will travel across the Cederberg Mountains, which offer stunning scenery, a vast array of preserved bushman artwork and a wealth of flora and fauna. This week's testimony has made it much clearer that there was a wealth of intelligence available in the summer of 2001 indicating that a major terrorist attack was coming. The fellow I was talking to was himself South African; he had a wealth of information, and only a few minutes to share his rich and politically charged experiences. And it supplies a wealth of advice on deciding whether to go solo in the first place. Researchers and community activists supplied conference participants with a wealth of ideas. The event will be held on Saturday, April 16, and will also feature a wealth of objects collected during the Victorian era when exploration was a fashionable pastime of the wealthy. ‘We supply them with a wealth of information twice a month,’ she said. He is a fitness leader and gym instructor with a wealth of qualifications and eight years' experience of helping people improve, maintain and achieve their fitness objectives. He has a wealth of international experience behind him, but just as it has taken him a while to find a club and a team where he is happy and productive, it could be that his best days for Ireland are still ahead. He gave us a wealth of information about the KGB. She shares our vision and aspirations for this unique venture, and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the project. She has a wealth of hilarious and eye-watering stories garnered from 45 years in the profession, which she tells with practised ease and the delivery of a professional comedian. Bradford has a wealth of wonderful walks that people want to be able to enjoy - the Council has a duty to make sure rights of way stay open. Synonyms abundance, profusion, plethora, mine, store, treasury, copiousness, plenitude, amplitude, bounty, cornucopia 1.4archaic Well-being; prosperity. Origin Middle English welthe, from well or weal, on the pattern of health.
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