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 Wealth n.
 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.  [Obs.] “Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.”
 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
    I have little wealth to lose.   --Shak.
    Each day new wealth, without their care, provides.   --Dryden.
    Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else.   --F. A. Walker.
 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.
 Active wealth. See under Active.
 Syn: -- Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
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