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hundred-thousandaire

hundred-thousandaire noun: a person whose net worth is at or greater than one hundred thousand units of the local currency.

Noun

hundred-thousandaire (plural hundred-thousandaires)

  1. A person whose net worth is at or greater than one hundred thousand units of the local currency.
    • The “swollen fortune” is a fact in our economic development. There may be but one billionaire but there are any number of millionares, thousands of hundred-thousandaires and hundreds of thousands ten-thousandaires. From the point of view of the man who has nothing, an American farmer with ten...1921 July, Arthur Jerome Eddy, “Introduction”, in Property, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., →OCLC, page 12
    • Seriously speaking, it is a very real question whether social discontent can be allayed by heavy taxes on large fortunes and incomes. Millionaires are a fact, and far from a wholly pleasing one; but how about the hundred-thousandaires and the hundreds of thousands of ten-thousandaires? To the...1924 April 12, Albert W[illiam] Atwood, “What Is Taxation For?”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 196, number 41, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company...

Examples of hundred-thousandaire in a sentence

  • There may be but one billionaire but there are any number of millionares, thousands of hundred-thousandaires and hundreds of thousands ten-thousandaires.1921 July, Arthur Jerome Eddy, “Introduction”, in Property, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., →OCLC, page 12:
  • Millionaires are a fact, and far from a wholly pleasing one; but how about the hundred-thousandaires and the hundreds of thousands of ten-thousandaires?1924 April 12, Albert W[illiam] Atwood, “What Is Taxation For?”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 196...
  • I wasn’t looking for a financial blueprint; I was in search of a few lessons that I and other “hundred-thousandaires” might appreciate.1999, Curtis Pesmen, “The Millionaires Club: An Inside Look”, in When a Man Turns Forty: The Ultimate Midlife Manual; Unconventional Wisdom...
  • So many millionaires dropped to only hundred-thousandaires overnight.2003, Allan Gould, “[Adopt-a-Child, United States; Adopt-a-Child, Canada] American Children Need Your Help”, in G.I. Joe or Anne of Green...

Forms of hundred-thousandaire

pluralhundred-thousandaires

Origin of hundred-thousandaire

From hundred thousand + -aire.

Questions about hundred-thousandaire

What does hundred-thousandaire mean?
Hundred-thousandaire means a person whose net worth is at or greater than one hundred thousand units of the local currency.
How do you use hundred-thousandaire in a sentence?
There may be but one billionaire but there are any number of millionares, thousands of hundred-thousandaires and hundreds of thousands ten-thousandaires.
What part of speech is hundred-thousandaire?
Hundred-thousandaire is a noun.
What is the plural of hundred-thousandaire?
The plural of hundred-thousandaire is hundred-thousandaires.

Words near hundred-thousandaire in the dictionary

  1. hundred-legs
  2. hundred-millionth
  3. hundred-millionths
  4. hundred-percent
  5. hundred-something
  6. hundred-thousandaire
  7. hundred-thousandaires
  8. hundred-thousandfold
  9. hundred-thousandth
  10. hundred-thousandths
  11. hundred-yard stare

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