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SMALL FORTUNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does small fortune mean? 

SMALL FORTUNE (noun)
  The noun SMALL FORTUNE has 1 sense:

1. a large sum of moneyplay

  Familiarity information: SMALL FORTUNE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SMALL FORTUNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large sum of money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

he made a small fortune in the commodities market

Hypernyms ("small fortune" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)


 Context examples 


Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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