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Affluent

adjective

Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. Synonyms: flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy. "A speculator flush with cash" , "Not merely rich but loaded" , "Moneyed aristocrats" , "Wealthy corporations"

noun

An affluent person; a person who is financially well off.

A branch that flows into the main stream. Synonyms: confluent, feeder, tributary. Antonym: distributary.

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"Affluent" Quotes from Famous Books

... running in shallow water, among grass and rushes. The bottom of the stream was plainly visible, and Mr. Balfour saw that they had left the river, and were pushing up the debouchure of a sluggish little affluent. They brushed along among the grass for twenty or thirty rods, when, at the same instant, every eye detected a figure in the distance. Two blazing, quiet, curious eyes were watching them. Jim had an instinct ...

— Sevenoaks • J. G. Holland

... little affluent of the Obi, which passes near Tomsk before losing itself in one of the great northern arteries. There water would have been abundant, the steppe less arid, the heat less severe. But the strictest orders had been given to the commanders ...

— Michael Strogoff - or, The Courier of the Czar • Jules Verne

... of politics or of morals. He invented nothing in science. He disclosed no new phenomenon in the laws of nature. Born and educated in the highest order of feudal nobility, under the most absolute monarchy of Europe, in possession of an affluent fortune, and master of himself and of all his capabilities, at the moment of attaining manhood the principle of republican justice and of social equality took possession of his heart and mind, as ...

— The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) • Various

... matter to call an estate," Crane said; "of course, I know more or less of Blair's affairs, and he wasn't by any means affluent. Indeed, his hopes of the prize in the coming competition represented ...

— The Come Back • Carolyn Wells

... that charges have been so reduced that the telephone has been brought within the reach of practically every business house and every family. Until the year 1900 every telephone subscriber had to pay $240 a year, and manifestly only families in affluent circumstances could afford such a luxury. About that time a new system of charges known as the "message rate" plan was introduced, according to which the subscriber paid a moderate price for a stipulated number of calls, and a pro rata charge for all calls in excess of that number. ...

— The Age of Big Business - Volume 39 in The Chronicles of America Series • Burton J. Hendrick

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