1
: abundance of valuable material possessions or resources
2
: abundant supply : profusion
3
a
: all property that has a money value or an exchangeable value
b
: all material objects that have economic utility
especially
: the stock of useful goods having economic value in existence at any one time
national wealth
Examples of wealth in a Sentence
a nation that has acquired great wealth
someone whose sole goal is the accumulation of wealth
Her personal wealth is estimated to be around $10 billion.
What percentage of the national wealth is spent on health care?
I was impressed by the wealth of choices.
Libraries offer a wealth of information.
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Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 plan would have taxed wealth over $50 million at 2% and wealth over $1 billion at 6%.
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Michael Ashley Schulman, chief investment officer at wealth management company Running Point Capital, told Reuters that the lingering contract negotiations could cause Canada Post’s share to drop into the teens by December 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
Home ownership holds different meanings for everyone, but for many of us, our homes constitute a significant portion of our personal wealth.
—Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.
—Claire Jarvis, New Yorker, 8 July 2025
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Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Michael Ashley Schulman, chief investment officer at wealth management company Running Point Capital, told Reuters that the lingering contract negotiations could cause Canada Post’s share to drop into the teens by December 2026.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
Home ownership holds different meanings for everyone, but for many of us, our homes constitute a significant portion of our personal wealth.
—Jennifer Horton, The Tennessean, 8 July 2025
Her somewhat implausible problem is that her bad feelings—her irritation, her boredom—never register as such because of her beauty, her wealth, and her pedigree; so great is her beauty that even her nastiest moods feel like a sunny glow to others.
—Claire Jarvis, New Yorker, 8 July 2025
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“Wealth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wealth. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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