flush
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5.5
- adjective
- /flʌʃ/
- At one time, I was flush with the income from the apartment buildings I owned.
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Watch on YouTubeOne thing I know for sure though, is that Craigslist is going to be flush with hardware deals.
- One thing I know for sure though, is that Craigslist is going to be flush with hardware deals.
- So you can maintain the asset and you're flush with cash.
- So we, we have had maybe more incremental buying because people have been flushed with cash.
- It's easy to feel flush and rich when it's payday and start spending it all on stuff.
- He seems to be quite crafty at keeping the organization flush.
- And when things are not flush, I just enjoy it as it is.
- We were in debt, not like cash flush did.
Examples
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Local governments lost nearly a quarter of their revenue, and the state, which was then flush with cash, stepped in to take over school and social-welfare funding.
Academic text (2010) -
The Obama team is well-organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync.
Blog text (21) -
So he'll be flush with cash back on the hard stuff.
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"You look flush," I said.
Fiction book (1990) -
Corporations are flush with cash and will continue to spend and start to hire.
Blog text (19) -
And if I'm not mistaken, it's still flush with money.
Blog text (21) -
In the 1990s, private international capital markets were deregulated and flush with funds.
Academic text (1999) -
After selling her business, she found herself quite flush with money and decided to travel the world.
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With generous bonuses this year, many employees are feeling flush enough to treat themselves to a new car.
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The charity event was a success, leaving us flush with donations to support our projects.
Synonyms
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2.5
Having a lot of money and many expensive things
61
5.5
Having a lot of money and possessions
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6.3
Having a lot of money and valuable things
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5.7
Having a lot of money
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6.8
Having a large amount of something useful, like money or books
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7.2
Having a lot of money
1
4.6
Having a lot of money, people, and equipment to do its work
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
An attempt to trick others by pretending to have a strong poker hand or more success than you have
- Jargon
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9.9
A poker hand missing one card to make five cards of the same suit and worth little
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
When someone is flush with money, money seems to 'flow' to them; the root flu- 'to flow' makes it easy to remember that flush here means well supplied or rich.