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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money;
- Example: "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"
[syn: wealth, wealthiness]

2. the quality of profuse abundance;
- Example: "she has a wealth of talent"

3. an abundance of material possessions and resources;
[syn: wealth, riches]

4. property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.] [1913 Webster] 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] "Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth." --1 Cor. x. 24. [1913 Webster] 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. [1913 Webster] I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. [1913 Webster] 3. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all property which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient; in this sense, specifically called personal wealth. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Active wealth. See under Active. [1913 Webster] Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wealth n 1: the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence" [syn: wealth, wealthiness] [ant: impoverishment, poorness, poverty] 2: the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent" 3: an abundance of material possessions and resources [syn: wealth, riches] 4: property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value