Tra từ wealth - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wealth BrE [welθ] NAmE [welθ] noun
1. uncountable a large amount of money, property, etc. that a person or country owns
•a person of wealth and influence
• His personal wealth is estimated at around $100 million.
•the distribution of wealth in Britain
2. uncountable the state of being rich
• The purpose of industry is to create wealth.
• Good education often depends on wealth.
3. singular ~ of sth a large amount of sth
•a wealth of information
•The new manager brings a great wealth of experience to the job.
compare ↑richness

Word Origin:
[wealth] Middle English welthe, from ↑well ‘good’ or weal ‘for the best of someone/something’, on the pattern of health.

Collocations:
Finance
Income
earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune
make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
build up funds/savings
get/receive/leave (sb) an inheritance/a legacy
live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
get/receive/draw/collect a pension
depend/be dependent on (BrE) benefits/(NAmE) welfare/social security
Expenditure
spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
invest/put your savings in…
throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
lose your money/inheritance/pension
use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
pay (in) cash
use/pay by a credit/debit card
pay by/make out a/write sb a/accept a (BrE) cheque/(US) check
change/exchange money/currency (BrE) traveller's cheques/(US) traveler's checks
give/pay/leave (sb) a deposit
Banks
have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
credit/debit/pay sth into/take money out of your account
deposit money/funds in your account
withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
(formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
find/go to/use (especially NAmE) an ATM/(BrE) a cash machine/dispenser
be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
Personal finance
manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially BrE) sort out your finances
plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
offer/extend credit (to sb)
arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
pay for sth in (especially BrE) instalments/(NAmE usually) installments
Financial difficulties
get into debt/financial difficulties
be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
run out of/owe money
face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
can't afford the cost of…/payments/rent
fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
incur/run up/accumulate debts
tackle/reduce/settle your debts

Example Bank:
•He has no family with whom he can share his wealth.
•He lost his wealth through poor investment.
•He's never flaunted his wealth.
•It is a country of fabulous wealth.
•Rising employment and household wealth are bolstering spending.
•She enjoys enormous wealth and material pleasures.
•She is a woman of untold wealth.
•She wants to protect their new-found wealth.
•Switzerland has an enormous wealth of beautiful old buildings.
•The average family increased its net wealth by 50% between 1989 and 2001.
•The country's strong economy was built on its mineral wealth.
•The region possesses a vast natural wealth, particularly of timber.
•The website provides a wealth of information.
•This chapter contains a wealth of information in a very concise form.
•a redistribution of wealth through taxation
•a tax on inherited wealth
•the accumulated wealth from his business
•the great oil wealth of the region
•the kind of capital that generates new wealth
•the pursuit of instant wealth
•the relative wealth of the nation
•the total wealth of the global economy
•She called for a redistribution of wealth and power in society.
•There will undoubtedly be new taxes on corporate wealth.
•a woman of wealth and influence