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INHERITED WEALTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inherited wealth mean?
• INHERITED WEALTH (noun)
The noun INHERITED WEALTH has 1 sense:
1. wealth that is inherited rather than earned
Familiarity information: INHERITED WEALTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wealth that is inherited rather than earned
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("inherited wealth" is a kind of...):
wealth; wealthiness (the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inherited wealth"):
old money; silver spoon (the inherited wealth of established upper-class families)
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