hoarded wealth
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7.3
- noun
:
riqueza acumulada
- After years of hard work, he finally decided to share some of his hoarded wealth with those in need.
Examples
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People who need to hoard wealth but can't bring themselves to spend it.
Fiction book (1996) -
This day, this very day, 10,000 pounds of your hoarded wealth are gone in one great crash.
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They married and lived happily, eventually administering to a guilt-stricken Gortz a deathbed pardon, while he revised his will to leave Caroline the whole of his long-hoarded wealth.
Academic text (2014) -
The old man's hoarded wealth was discovered hidden in various places around his house after his death.
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Many criticize the trend of accumulating hoarded wealth without giving back to the community.
Synonyms
676
1.1
Valuable items like gold or jewels that people keep
507
1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
134
4.3
A hidden store of money or things kept for later
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6.0
A secret store of things like money or food kept for future use
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7.0
A collection of valuable things or information that someone finds
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4.8
A secret collection of money or valuable things hidden for later use
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3.5
Valuable things that someone keeps out of sight so others cannot find them easily
Things like money or jewellery that are worth a lot to someone
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hoarded' (gathered and kept) modifies 'wealth' (money/possessions), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to money that has been accumulated and kept. The participial adjective pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, making this immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The compound hoarded wealth comes from the simple picture of someone gathering coins or jewels and hiding them in a chest or under the floor so others cannot find them. The money is hoarded and is their wealth, so the phrase means 'wealth' that is collected and 'kept', often secretly.