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UK
/ˈæfluːənt/
]
[ US /ˈæfɫuənt/ ]
[ US /ˈæfɫuənt/ ]
NOUN
- a branch that flows into the main stream
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an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
the so-called emerging affluents
ADJECTIVE
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having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
moneyed aristocrats
a substantial family
wealthy corporations
a speculator flush with cash
an affluent banker
not merely rich but loaded
How To Use affluent In A Sentence
- If you have access to a computer and can read this post, the chances are you are in the top 5% of the worlds most affluential people.
- The best health was enjoyed by those people who reported less stress in their lives, people under the age of 55 and those living in affluent areas.
- They've successfully expanded that to include the 'mass-affluent' and include a younger set of customers. AmEx Looks Beyond Credit Cards
- The crude items of every day use that were the few meager processions of the poor have become the prestige consumption of the affluent.
- It tumbles through steep gorges and follows a course through affluent Cheshire towns and countryside before its confluence with the Mersey. Times, Sunday Times
- These leaders, unlike Jesus, who was humble and simple, are the affluent lot.
- Brad DeLong has some good advice about the tax system: eliminate loopholes for the affluent and raise top marginal rates and uncap FICA.
- Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.
- As well as being an affluent and a very exciting place to be, Manchester has a great reputation as a fashionable city and that is something that appealed to us a lot.
- The only one who was able to come up with a different kind of discounter, a more upscale discounter, a more fashion-forward discounter, a more interesting discounter, a discounter that attracted a more affluent clientele -- the only one who did it was Target. Features from Minnesota Public Radio