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riches

[ rich-iz ]

plural noun

  1. abundant and valuable possessions; wealth.


riches

/ ˈrɪtʃɪz /

plural noun

  1. wealth; an abundance of money, valuable possessions, or property
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of riches1

1175–1225; Middle English, plural of Middle English riche wealth, power ( Old English rīce power, rule; cognate with German Reich realm); confused with Middle English richesse wealth < Old French, equivalent to riche wealthy (< Germanic; rich ) + -esse -ess
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Example Sentences

The winning lottery numbers and foretold riches never arrived.

Her riches were in the love her family held for her and she held for her family.

In Ireland, the name of Sean Quinn will be forever linked in the public mind as the ultimate cautionary tale of riches to rags.

For every story of rags to riches, there is another of riches to rags.

But even in the New World, there are still archaeological riches to be plundered.

The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

Thus all about us is the moving and shifting spectacle of riches and poverty, side by side, inextricable.

The high rank, the great riches of his father he rather implied than definitely mentioned.

The view of riches which socialists and suchlike people profess to take is entirely ill-considered.

Banquets and feasting offered little attraction to the hero, and he despised riches and rank.

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