wealthy elite

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthyandelite

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/iˈliːt/us
/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Female members ofwealthyelitehouseholds were sometimes appointed as overseers of their family endowments.
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Tax cuts have benefited only a tinywealthyelite.
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Mio is from awealthyelitefamily.
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Her clientele were thewealthyelite.
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Large internet cafes are used bywealthyelitefor business transactions and social gatherings.
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This immenselywealthyelitemonopolised political, military and economic power in the empire.
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During this era telephones were expensive luxury items, so the subscribers tended to be thewealthyeliteof society.
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However, these measures encountered strong resistance from the military and thewealthyelite, who succeeded in virtually stalling their implementation.
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The members were not of thewealthyelite, but rather the middle class, young workers, government officials and junior officers.
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Car ownership has brought about a democratisation of the freedom to travel when and where one wants—which, until comparatively recently, was only available to a small,wealthyelite.
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Opponents claimed the bank possessed a virtual monopoly over the country's credit and currency, and reiterated that it represented the interests of thewealthyelite.
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He was admired by thewealthyelitefor returning a measure of stability to the country in the midst of widespread social unrest.
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Thewealthyeliteof the country were able to afford safe water while others had to use water from cholera-infected rivers.
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At the time, the oysters were being gathered from the natural beds and sold at expensive prices to thewealthyelite.
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Thesewealthyelitesee labor as menial and vulgar, yet once they can no longer live their worthy life of leisure they suffer from an inability to preserve themselves.
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A man rebukes her when she says the troops make her feel safe, he argues that they are only stationed to protect the homes of the city'swealthyelite.
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Significant inequity may combine with lack of loyalty to a central power structure and result in an oppressed lower class rising up and taking power from a smallerwealthyelite.
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