inherited wealth

NOUN
  1. wealth that is inherited rather than earned
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How To Use inherited wealth In A Sentence

  • The one advantage he did possess was inherited wealth, which he pledged to spend for the benefit of others.
  • Inherited wealth is sometimes lazy and undriven, but most of the time it is the opposite -- productive and driven. Steve Mariotti: Up in Maine
  • I came from a very different stable - Glasgow petty bourgeoisie with no inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times
  • To tackle this, he proposes among other things a confiscatory global tax on inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times
  • Republican Presidents of the late twentieth century-Eisenhower, Nixon, Fordhad all been men of humble background and no inherited wealth.
  • In rich families that have substantial inherited wealth, assets may be primarily in the form of claims on tangible assets.
  • In rich families that have substantial inherited wealth, assets may be primarily in the form of claims on tangible assets.
  • As if only those of upstanding character are bestowed with that other class of lottery win, inherited wealth. Times, Sunday Times
  • In the unionists' imagination, the rich are social parasites living lives of leisure on inherited wealth.
  • It's about time that we began to recognize that inherited wealth is equally undeserving of our reverence.
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