enormous fortune

collocation in English

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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fortune
noun
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofenormousandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, by the time of his death in 1852, he had gathered anenormousfortuneand several hundred thousand acres of land.
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She had, since her husband's death decades before, amassed anenormousfortunefor her family.
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As long as nothing is done with the land, one has a potential chance of making anenormousfortune.
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A few of us came here late in life, having had theenormousfortune—in my case, the good luck—to pursue reasonable careers beforehand.
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But he was infinitely generous and affectionate, and spent hisenormousfortuneliberally.
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The death of her father in 1763 left her and her sisters co-heiresses to anenormousfortuneof 100,000.
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She has anenormousfortuneinherited from her last three husbands.
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Her parents have amassed anenormousfortuneand enterprise there.
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In three years he accumulated anenormousfortune, still further increased by his unfailing good fortune at cards, playing even with the king.
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He enjoyed prestige and acquired anenormousfortunethrough his daily income of 200,000 dirhmans or 10,000 dinars.
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In her final years, she recognized her vast responsibility and began funding various orphanages, colleges, hospitals, and schools with theenormousfortuneshe inherited upon her husband's death.
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He gathered anenormousfortune.
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Enormous fortunes were made and goods then changed hands two and three times a day.
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We have seen enormous fortunes made out of land speculation.
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He is one of a number of men who have made enormous fortunes not out of one but out of many economic activities.
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In every war that has ever taken place the rich have piled up enormous fortunes.
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Everybody knows that in the last few years enormous fortunes have been made by the tile makers.
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The result is that the neutrals are making enormous fortunes.
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We know that there are enormous fortunes to be made.
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They have in fact been rather more like the conditions prevailing in this country in the first world war, and enormous fortunes have been accumulated.
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