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pl.n.

1. Abundant wealth: "the impassable gulf that lies between riches and poverty" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton).
2. Valuable or precious possessions.

[Middle English richesse, wealth, from Old French, from riche, wealthy. See rich.]

noun

A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions: affluence, fortune, pelf, treasure, wealth. See owned/unowned, rich/poor.

n

Definition: money and possessions
Antonyms: debt

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

        A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in 
    whom I am well pleased."
                                                   John D. Rockefeller
    
        The reward of toil and virtue.
                                                           J.P. Morgan
    
        The savings of many in the hands of one.
                                                           Eugene Debs

To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value.

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Quotes:

"The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger." - Sholom Aleichem

"Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is." - Jean Anouilh

"There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work." - Edward Atkinson

"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress." - Francis Bacon

"Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of their envy, without understanding that what they ask of you is not so much your worldly goods, as something very hard to define, which they themselves can put no name to; yet at times it consoles their loneliness; a dream of splendor, of magnificence, a tawdry dream, a poor man's dream --and yet God blesses it!" - Georges Bernanos

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