Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Financially secure; well-to-do.

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  • adjective Reasonably financially secure.

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  • adjective in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

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Examples

  • This home, a crumbling concrete and rusting steel bunker, was a stone's throw from the Pemex gas station operated by his well-fixed brother Roberto.

    Beautifully Arranged 2009

  • This home, a crumbling concrete and rusting steel bunker, was a stone's throw from the Pemex gas station operated by his well-fixed brother Roberto.

    Beautifully Arranged 2009

  • Conservative spokesmen never tire of saying that a bigger take for the well-fixed son in the family will result in economic miracles for all the members--the famous trickle-down theory.

    Jack Rothman: Debunking the Family Budget Analogy Jack Rothman 2011

  • With this weekend's Food & Wine Classic, the Aspen Music Festival & School less than two weeks from the start of its summer-long schedule, the Jazz Aspen June Festival revving its engine and the Aspen Ideas Festival just around the corner, the invasion of shiny laminates hanging on well-heeled, well-fixed necks all around town is in high gear.

    Meredith C. Carroll: Aspen's Status Symbol du Jour: Plastic 2010

  • A wartime product created for the benefit of the American soldiers swarming to a long exile at the four corners of the world, the pin-up girl soon became an industrial product, subject to well-fixed norms and as stable in quality as peanut butter or chewing gum.

    Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl « Jahsonic 2008

  • A wartime product created for the benefit of the American soldiers swarming to a long exile at the four corners of the world, the pin-up girl soon became an industrial product, subject to well-fixed norms and as stable in quality as peanut butter or chewing gum.

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  • The two meet again when Irene has snared another deep-pocketed gent at a tony hotel, and Jean, reaping the benefits of another misapprehension, is in residence as the boy toy of a well-fixed and well-preserved widow.

    'Stop-Loss' Lets Clichés 2008

  • "Mario was very concerned to make money because he was getting older and he really wanted to leave his kids well-fixed," Coppola stated.

    Francis Ford Coppola Reflects On Missing ‘Godfather IV,’ Goes B&W For ‘Tetro’ » MTV Movies Blog 2007

  • I would imagine the guy's pretty well-fixed and won't suffer much.

    Peace, order and good government, eh?: March 2004 Archives 2004

  • Still, looking on the bright side, at least I am well-fixed for incontinence diapers.

    I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999

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