accumulated wealth

collocation in English

meaningsofaccumulateandwealth

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accumulate
verb
uk
/əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/us
/əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/
to collect a large number of things over a long period ...
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wealth
noun
uk
/welθ/us
/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofaccumulateandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Evolution of agents is performed in a very simple fashion based onaccumulatedwealth.
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But they also increased the income of elders who controlled the cattle herds that embodied theaccumulatedwealthof a matrilineage or one of its segments.
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Affluent production zones are areas of high economic production andaccumulatedwealthbut do not have the same level of urbanization and political centralization as core zones.
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That is, at each point in time, two agents may differ in their current productivity and degree of patience and, as we see later, inaccumulatedwealth.
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As they grow old, they can finance consumption with theiraccumulatedwealthand decrease their supply of labor to enjoy more leisure.
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Accumulatedwealthcomes from cumulative savings and a bequest received from his parent.
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These variables are conceptually related to income, cultural capital andaccumulatedwealthand therefore coincide with the traditional definition of socio-economic standing.
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He cannot appeal to theaccumulatedwealthof the country—to the capital of, say, £15,000,000,000 or £18,000,000,000.
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One is the attachment of service and the other is attachment ofaccumulatedwealth.
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Artefacts representaccumulatedwealththat should be taxed.
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It may be not so literally a levy upon capital as a levy uponaccumulatedwealth.
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Perhaps some haveaccumulatedwealththrough their studies of and interest in human problems.
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But theaccumulatedwealthas shown in those figures is not remarkably progressive.
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I believe the issues in this debate are ones ofaccumulatedwealthor active concern.
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We consider the social effects of theaccumulatedwealththat has built up over successive generations.
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It may be argued that those countries should spend more of theiraccumulatedwealthon developing themselves.
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Money is not exhausted in this country, and figures have been produced showing that there are vast sums ofaccumulatedwealthin the hands of the rich people.
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We were carried through two great wars, broadly speaking, by theaccumulatedwealthof more than a century of uninterrupted economic progress and expansion.
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Surely the case against this suggestion lies in the inherited fortunes of people who haveaccumulatedwealth.
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We know now that there isaccumulatedwealthin this country, and we know that the country is involved in extra cost because of the imminence of danger.
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