riches
noun /ˈrɪtʃɪz/
/ˈrɪtʃɪz/
[plural]Idioms - large amounts of money and valuable or beautiful possessions
- a career that brought him fame and riches
- material riches
- She was a famous model whose looks were her riches.
- all the riches of the world’s oceans
Word OriginMiddle English: variant (later interpreted as a plural form) of archaic richesse, from Old French richeise (from riche ‘rich’).
Idioms
an embarrassment of riches
- so many good things that it is difficult to choose just one
- Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, really, what with three theatres and lovely countryside, too.
(from) rags to riches
- from being extremely poor to being very rich
- a rags-to-riches story
- Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.