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Definition
a person who is financially well off
- Moody boasted that this was an affluent neighborhood on the northern side of Tehran; his sister's house was just two doors away from the Chinese Embassy. it was screened from the street by a large fence crafted of green iron bars set together closely.
- He found a world far different from his childhood, one that offered affluence, culture, and basic human dignity that surpassed anything available in Iranian society.
- Part of me did not want to move away from my parents in Michigan, but a bigger part of me was ready to begin a blissful new life of affluence and social status.
- We bought a spacious, beautiful home in an affluent section of Corpus Christi, the neighborhood populated by physicians, dentists, lawyers and other professionals.
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