better offadjective
uk/ˈbet.ər ˌɒf/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ ˌɑːf/be better off
to have more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people:
Obviously we're better off now that we're both working.
When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off (= he had $100,000 more than before).
to be in a better situation, if or after something happens:
He'd be better off working for a bigger company.
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Rich and wealthy
- bazillionaire
- be rolling in it idiom
- born
- clover
- deep
- deep pockets idiom
- easy
- fat
- feather
- feather your own nest idiom
- flush
- landed
- landowner
- live high on/off the hog idiom
- live off the fat of the land idiom
- privilege
- rags-to-riches
- roll
- stinking
- strike
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Good, better and best
better offnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈbet.ər ˌɒf/us/ˈbet̬.ɚ ˌɑːf/the better off
people who have more money than most others:
The new tax will not have a serious impact on the better off.
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Rich people
- beautiful
- capitalist
- county
- deb
- designer socialist
- elite
- jet-setter
- laird
- nabob
- nob
- plutocracy
- rentier
- rich
- socialite
- the beautiful people idiom
- the jet set
- toff
- well heeled
- well off
- yuppie
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