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affluence

[ af-loo-uhnsor, often, uh-floo- ]

noun

  1. abundance of money, property, and other material goods; riches; wealth.
  2. an abundant supply, as of thoughts or words; profusion.
  3. a flowing to or toward; afflux.


affluence

/ ˈæڱʊəԲ /

noun

  1. an abundant supply of money, goods, or property; wealth
  2. rare.
    abundance or profusion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·f·Գ noun
  • p·f·Գ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of affluence1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin affluentia, equivalent to af- af- + flu- flow + -entia -ence
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Since he’s secretly penniless, Coop keeps up the posture of affluence.

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Urban populations, particularly in Libreville - home to almost half the country's population - need more jobs and better services, in a country whose social development record has been disappointing, given its relative affluence.

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At that point, all of the affluence, urbanity and privilege in the world wasn’t much good.

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Through every incinerated block, reminders of the property owners’ affluence lingered: a home gym burned nearly beyond recognition, then a blackened hot tub, next the husks of multiple cars parked in a garage.

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But at that level of affluence you don’t have grounds to complain about paying a minimum 25% of your annual income.

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