# wealth

Pronunciation: say "WELTH" /wɛlθ/

## Noun

1. A great amount of money, property, and other valuable assets owned by a person or group.
   - Simple: A large amount of money, property, and other valuable things that someone owns.
   - _The country's wealth was concentrated among a small number of families._
   - _Much of her wealth came from early investments in technology._
2. A great amount of something; an abundance or plenty.
   - Simple: A very large amount or supply of something good.
   - _The report contained a wealth of detail about local history._
   - _His garden produced a wealth of vegetables that summer._

## Noun

3. A state of prosperity, well-being, and general happiness. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A state of being happy, healthy, and doing well in life.

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English welth or welthe ("happiness, prosperity"), from Old English. It may alternatively be an alteration of wele ("wealth, well-being"), reshaped to end in -th by analogy with words like health and dearth. It is related to weal and well, with cognates such as Dutch weelde and German Wohl ("well-being").

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