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English → English (gcide) Definition: personal wealth Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.] [1913 Webster] 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] “Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.” --1 Cor. x. 24. [1913 Webster] 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. [1913 Webster] I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. [1913 Webster] 3. (Econ.) (a) In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value. (b) In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility. (c) Specif. called personal wealth. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Active wealth. See under Active. [1913 Webster] Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. [1913 Webster]