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   Wealth , n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury.  See Weal prosperity.]
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   Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.  [Obs.] “Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.”  
   1 Cor. x. 24.
   
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   Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
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   I have little wealth to lose.
   Shak.
   
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   Each day new wealth, without their care, provides.
   Dryden.
   
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   Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else.
   F. A. Walker.
   
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   (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.
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   Active wealth. See under Active.
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   Syn. -- Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.
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