immense fortune

collocation in English

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immense
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmens/us
/ɪˈmens/
extremely large in size ...
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fortune
noun
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofimmenseandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What remained of hisimmensefortuneallowed them again, this time to live more richly.
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The fallen millionaire locks himself up in his laboratory, destroys his equipment and hisimmensefortune, and later is found dead.
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That audacious move was crowned with success and constituted the foundation of hisimmensefortune.
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He is a ruthless businessman, whoseimmensefortuneseems to have become meaningless.
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Ayer had over time built animmensefortuneout of supplying timber to the 19th centurys fast-growing railroad industry.
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Not a word of the profiteer, or of the immense fortunes which were made by the rich.
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There have been many cases in the last five years of immense fortunes being made out of speculation in pro- perty, out of capital gains.
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It has been stated that greyhound racing enterprises make immense fortunes.
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We should be able to rely on their assistance, generosity, funding and the immense fortunes that they still have at their disposal to see us out of those responsibilities.
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Although sometimes of obscure origin, the financiers which took these rights often quickly accumulated immense fortunes which enabled them to play a significant political and social role.
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