rich people
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- noun
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personas ricas
- Let's be clear, most rich people pay a lot of tax.
Now we realize that this is enabling rich people to get vastly richer.
- Now we realize that this is enabling rich people to get vastly richer.
- Making cocktails isn't just for rich people anymore.
- What would you say are other things that rich people do that broke people don't do?
- What were some examples that you found of rich people doing crazy things?
- And this could just be powerful people, rich people, people who have prestige.
- Like we we look at rich people as being more moral.
- So rich people don't hate rich people and they don't hate money, right?
- No, dude, I was, I was with some rich people one time and anytime.
- So you get people to say, hey, fuck these rich people, let these people live.
- And now the rich people live here, things like that.
- You know rich people, rich people work smart.
- All kinds of people, broke people, rich people, like whatever, right?
Examples
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Making cocktails isn't just for rich people anymore.
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Many rich people donate to charity to help those in need.
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OK, how do rich people, really rich people, hold property?
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What were some examples that you found of rich people doing crazy things?
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When rates are high, rich people sometimes work less.
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Now the first habit on the list is that rich people read constantly.
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The present tax system allows rich people and businesses to escape, or at least minimize, their tax obligations.
Academic text (2001) -
Five basic things that rich people do that poor people don't.
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Among the devices available to rich people are tax havens and family trusts.
Academic text (2001) -
Rich people often invest in stocks and real estate.
Synonyms
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People who have a lot of money and property
Antonyms
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'people who possess great wealth' is directly derivable from combining the adjective 'rich' (having great wealth) with the noun 'people' (individuals or a group). This adjective+noun composition follows a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The compound noun rich people comes from the old use of rich, a word people once used for those with 'wealth' and 'power' who owned land and lived well. So rich people today means people who have a lot of money or things.