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Dictionary: well-to-do   (wĕl'tə-dū')
adj.
Prosperous; affluent; well-off.

n. (used with a pl. verb)
Affluent or wealthy people: Demonstrators protested that the tax bill favored the well-to-do.

[From the phrase well to do in the world : WELL2, prosperous, affluent + TO, for + DO1, doing.]


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adjective

    Enjoying steady good fortune or financial security: comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-heeled, well-off. Informal well-fixed. Idioms: comfortably off, in clover, on easy street. See rich/poor, thrive/fail/exist.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
  Synonyms: comfortable, easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - velstående

Nederlands (Dutch)
welgesteld, welgestelden

Français (French)
adj. - aisé, riche

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wohlhabend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) εύποροι
adj. - ευκατάστατος, εύπορος

Italiano (Italian)
ricchi, benestante

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - ricos (m pl)
adj. - satisfeito, rico

Русский (Russian)
состоятельный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - próspero, acomodado, adinerado, acaudalado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - välbärgade människor
adj. - välbärgad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小康的, 经济富裕的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 小康的, 經濟富裕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유복한, 부유 계급

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 裕福な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) غني, ثري, موسر (صفه) غني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשיר, אמיד, משגשג‬


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