Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Well-to-do.
- adjective In fortunate circumstances.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
well off .
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- adjective in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
- adjective fortunately situated
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Things escalated from there with the super-rich guy calling the well-off dad an "asshole" for not being more careful in the playground.
Graham James: Slap Fight In NYC! Graham James 2011
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Things escalated from there with the super-rich guy calling the well-off dad an "asshole" for not being more careful in the playground.
Graham James: Slap Fight In NYC! Graham James 2011
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Among the chief suspects are technological changes that increased the value of higher education; globalization that exposed the working class to low-wage competition from abroad; changes in public policy that gave tax breaks to the well-off, undermined minimum wage laws, and discouraged unions; and the fading of social norms that had in the aftermath of the Great Depression and World War II restrained upper-class avarice.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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The Ryan plan would bar insurers from denying coverage to seniors based on preexisting conditions and would give less well-off seniors higher-value vouchers than more affluent seniors.
Jonathan Weiler: Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule Jonathan Weiler 2011
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We were not well-off, but what an idyllic childhood my two sisters and I had before the realities of others' lives dawned.
Family life 2011
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Instead this relative handful of well-off people has delivered a political opportunity for Labour politicians brave enough to take it.
Time to Drop the 50% Tax Rate Kitty Ussher 2011
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This choice of "not-aging" is actually reserved for well-off women with lots of time and money.
Paulina Porizkova: Aging Paulina Porizkova 2010
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The Ryan plan would bar insurers from denying coverage to seniors based on preexisting conditions and would give less well-off seniors higher-value vouchers than more affluent seniors.
Jonathan Weiler: Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule Jonathan Weiler 2011
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The Ryan plan would bar insurers from denying coverage to seniors based on preexisting conditions and would give less well-off seniors higher-value vouchers than more affluent seniors.
Jonathan Weiler: Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule Jonathan Weiler 2011
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The Ryan plan would bar insurers from denying coverage to seniors based on preexisting conditions and would give less well-off seniors higher-value vouchers than more affluent seniors.
Jonathan Weiler: Republicans, Medicare and the Golden Rule Jonathan Weiler 2011
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