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[ UK /ˈæfluːənt/ ]
[ US /ˈæfɫuənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a branch that flows into the main stream
  2. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
    the so-called emerging affluents
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
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