wealth

[welth] /wɛlθ/
noun
1.
a great quantity or store of money, valuable possessions, property, or other riches:
the wealth of a city.
2.
an abundance or profusion of anything; plentiful amount:
a wealth of imagery.
3.
Economics.
  1. all things that have a monetary or exchange value.
  2. anything that has utility and is capable of being appropriated or exchanged.
4.
rich or valuable contents or produce:
the wealth of the soil.
5.
the state of being rich; prosperity; affluence:
persons of wealth and standing.
6.
Obsolete, happiness.
Origin
1200-50; Middle English welth (see well1, -th1); modeled on health
Related forms
wealthless, adjective
overwealth, noun
Synonyms
2. richness, amplitude, fullness. 3a. possessions, assets, goods, property, money. 5. opulence, fortune.
Antonyms
5. poverty.
Examples from the web for wealth
  • In different cultures wealth can be defined by things other than money.
  • Clean air is not a problem because as nations grow in wealth they spend money on cleaner air.
  • The extreme imbalance of wealth and resources in the world.
  • Yet, because the railways offered-and sometimes delivered-the prospect of enormous wealth, the money kept flowing.
  • Take wealth, for instance, and all the delightful things that money can buy.
  • It was because of the peculiarly contradictory way in which the capitalist system generated its fabulous wealth.
  • The coalition government is in a muddle about taxing wealth.
  • The origins of wealth are as many and varied as the world's cultures.
  • These patricians don't need gaudy symbols to advertise their wealth.
  • Thanks to its indoor-outdoor connection and wealth of amenities, the courtyard has become a much-used addition to the home.
British Dictionary definitions for wealth

wealth

/wɛlθ/
noun
1.
a large amount of money and valuable material possessions
2.
the state of being rich
3.
a great profusion: a wealth of gifts
4.
(economics) all goods and services with monetary, exchangeable, or productive value
Derived Forms
wealthless, adjective
Word Origin
C13 welthe, from weal²; related to well1
Word Origin and History for wealth
n.

mid-13c., "happiness," also "prosperity in abundance of possessions or riches," from Middle English wele "well-being" (see weal (n.1)) on analogy of health.