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From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) : [ devils ]
RICHES, 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 sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value.From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Riches \Rich"es\, n. pl. [OE. richesse, F. richesse, from riche rich, of German origin. See Rich,a.] 1. That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. [1913 Webster] Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like. [1913 Webster] The riche of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: Richesse, the older form of this word, was in the singular number. The form riches, however, is plural in appearance, and has now come to be used as a plural. [1913 Webster] Against the richesses of this world shall they have misease of poverty. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In one hour so great riches is come to nought. --Rev. xviii. 17. [1913 Webster] And for that riches where is my deserving? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wealth; opulence; affluence; wealthiness; richness; plenty; abundance. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Riches \Rich"es\, n. pl. [OE. richesse, F. richesse, from riche rich, of German origin. See Rich,a.] 1. That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. --Locke. 2. That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like. The riche of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. --Milton. Note: Richesse, the older form of this word, was in the singular number. The form riches, however, is plural in appearance, and has now come to be used as a plural. Against the richesses of this world shall they have misease of poverty. --Chaucer. In one hour so great riches is come to nought. --Rev. xviii. 17. And for that riches where is my deserving? --Shak. Syn: Wealth; opulence; affluence; wealthiness; richness; plenty; abundance.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
riches n : an abundance of material possessions and resources [syn: wealth]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
riches Middle English n. (alt form enm richesse) Middle English n. (plural of enm riche t=realm id=realm) n. 1 money, goods, wealth, treasure. 2 (lb en figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Riches n. (surname en from=patronymics).From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
riches n. 1 money, goods, wealth, treasure. 2 (lb en figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Riches n. (surname en from=patronymics).From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
riches Middle English n. (alt form enm richesse) Middle English n. (plural of enm riche t=realm id=realm) n. 1 money, goods, wealth, treasure. 2 (lb en figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Riches n. (surname en from=patronymics).From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
riches Middle English n. (alt form enm richesse) Middle English n. (plural of enm riche t=realm id=realm) n. 1 money, goods, wealth, treasure. 2 (lb en figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Riches n. (surname en from=patronymics).From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
riches Ranska a. (taivm-mon fr riche luok=adj)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
riches Engelska vb. (böjning en verb rich)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ الثرواتFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
riches //ɹɪt͡ʃɪz//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]богатство, съкровище money, goods, wealth, treasure
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]bohatství
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]bohatství
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ ReichtumFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ], Reichtümer see: natural riches
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ πλούτηFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. दौलत "In our country the natural riches of the soil are in abundance. "
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ bogatstvo, izobiljeFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
riches /ɹˈɪtʃɪz/ 1. gazdagság 2. vagyonFrom English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
riches /riːtʃız/ turtas, apstumas See also: wealthFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɹɪtʃəz/, /ˈɹɪtʃɪz/
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "riches": abundance, affluence, assets, bottomless purse, bulging purse, easy circumstances, embarras de richesses, fortune, gold, handsome fortune, high income, high tax bracket, independence, lucre, luxuriousness, mammon, material wealth, means, money, money to burn, moneybags, opulence, opulency, pelf, plenty, possessions, property, prosperity, prosperousness, resources, richness, six-figure income, substance, treasure, upper bracket, wealth, wealthiness, worthFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 财富,财产;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. pl. 财富,财产