ten-thousandaire
ten-thousandaire noun: a person whose net worth is at or greater than ten thousand units of the local currency.
Noun
ten-thousandaire (plural ten-thousandaires)
- A person whose net worth is at or greater than ten thousand units of the local currency.
- I have only one good quality—overwhelming belief in the brains and hearts of our nation, our state, our town. It’s so strong that sometimes I do have a tiny effect on the haughty ten-thousandaires. I shake ’em up and make ’em believe in ideals—yes, in themselves.1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter V, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section V, pages 65–66
- 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
Examples of ten-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...
Forms of ten-thousandaire
| plural | ten-thousandaires |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tenthousandaire |
Origin of ten-thousandaire
From ten thousand + -aire.
Questions about ten-thousandaire
- What does ten-thousandaire mean?
- Ten-thousandaire means a person whose net worth is at or greater than ten thousand units of the local currency.
- How do you use ten-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 ten-thousandaire?
- Ten-thousandaire is a noun.
- What is the plural of ten-thousandaire?
- The plural of ten-thousandaire is ten-thousandaires.
Words near ten-thousandaire in the dictionary
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