Affluent
21affluent — / æfluənt/ adjective rich ● Our more affluent clients prefer the luxury model. ♦ the affluent rich people ♦ the mass affluent people with more than £50,000 in liquid assets …
22affluent — [15] The meaning ‘rich’ is a fairly recent development for affluent; it is first recorded in the mid 18th century. Originally the adjective meant simply ‘flowing’. It came, via Old French, from Latin affluent , the present participle of affluere …
23affluent — /ˈæfluənt / (say afloohuhnt) adjective 1. having a lot of money or possessions; wealthy; rich: an affluent person. 2. abundant; copious. 3. flowing freely: an affluent fountain. –noun 4. a tributary stream. {Middle English, from Latin affluens,… …
24affluent — / æfluənt/ adjective very rich ● We live in an affluent society. ♦ the mass affluent people with large sums of money in liquid assets …
25affluent — [15] The meaning ‘rich’ is a fairly recent development for affluent; it is first recorded in the mid 18th century. Originally the adjective meant simply ‘flowing’. It came, via Old French, from Latin affluent , the present participle of affluere …
26affluent — See rich. See rich, wealthy, affluent …
27affluent — adj. Affluent is used with these nouns: ↑country, ↑district, ↑family, ↑lifestyle, ↑nation, ↑neighbourhood, ↑society, ↑suburb …
28affluent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flowing; abundant, plentiful; rich, wealthy. See money, prosperity, fluidity.Ant., destitute, poor. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wealthy, prosperous, well to do; see rich 1 . See Synonym Study at… …
29affluent — af|flu|ent [ æfluənt ] adjective * rich enough to buy things for pleasure a. used about a place where people have a lot of money: an affluent area of Dallas ╾ af|flu|ence noun uncount …
30affluent — adjective 1》 wealthy. 2》 archaic (of water) flowing freely or copiously. noun archaic a tributary stream. Derivatives affluence noun affluently adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. affluent , affluere flow towards, flow freely …
