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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'wealth | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'wealth | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See {Weal} prosperity.] 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] [bd]Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.[b8] --1 Cor. x. 24. 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. {Active wealth}. See under {Active}. Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called {personal wealth}. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient. | |
