What does riches mean?
Definitions for riches
ˈrɪtʃ ɪzrich·es
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word riches.
Princeton's WordNet
wealth, richesnoun
an abundance of material possessions and resources
Wiktionary
richesnoun
Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Richesnoun
Etymology: richesses, Fr.
The instrumentalness of riches to charity has rendered it necessary by laws to secure propriety. Henry Hammond.
Chemists seek riches by transmutation and the great elixir. Thomas Sprat.
Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion than our neighbours, whereby we are enabled to procure to ourselves a greater plenty of the conveniencies of life, than comes within their reach, who, sharing the gold and silver of the world in a less proportion, want the means of plenty and power, and so are poorer. John Locke.
What riches give us, let us first enquire,
Meat, fire, and cloaths; what more? meat, cloaths, and fire. Alexander Pope.The riches of heav’ns pavement, trodden gold. John Milton.
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riches
Riches refer to a large amount of money or valuable possessions, wealth, or material prosperity. It can also connote resources that hold great value or abundance, such as natural resources, intellectual wealth or personal talents.
Webster Dictionary
Richesadjective
that which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence
Richesadjective
that which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like
Wikidata
Riches
Riches is a limited edition compilation album that was temporarily included with the Raintown album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, starting in February 1988. Only 20,000 copies were made. It contains the two bonus tracks that were included on the CD version of Raintown, plus selected tracks and B-sides from the following single releases: ⁕"Dignity" ⁕"Loaded" ⁕"When Will You" ⁕"Dignity"
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Riches
rich′ez, n.pl. (in B. sometimes n.sing.) wealth: richness: abundance: an intellectual treasure, as the riches of wisdom: the pearl, flower, or cream of anything. [M. E. richesse (n.sing.)—O. Fr. richesse—Mid. High Ger. ríche.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RICHES
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Riches is ranked #25171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Riches surname appeared 985 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Riches.
94.9% or 935 total occurrences were White.
2% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of riches in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of riches in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of riches in a Sentence
My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.
India is particularly interested because it lacks direct access to Central Asia, and it sees SCO membership as a way to get a better foothold on the region. SCO membership could better position India to benefit from Central Asia's gas riches.
Terrorist organizations like ISIS capitalize on the devastation wrought by climate change to attract new members, the ISIS recruiters offered money, food and other riches to rural Iraqis to lure The ISIS recruiters into joining the ranks of the jihadist group. With no means to sustain The ISIS recruiters through agricultural means, many farmers accepted ISIS' bribes for both monetary and morale support.
'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.
The real haves are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities. On the other hand, the real have nots are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it. They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.
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