Definition of Affluent

Affluent

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.

A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

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Affluent Quotations

As long as acquiring knowledge is the educational goal of schools, educational opportunities will be limited, as they are now, to affluent families.
William Glasser

The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.
Erich Fromm

The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.
Norman Borlaug

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
Hubert H. Humphrey

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.
Alex Campbell

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts.
William Weld

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement.
Otto Schily

But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is an entertaining event.
Janet Suzman

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Affluent Translations

affluent in German is reich, wohlhabend
affluent in Spanish is abundante
affluent in Swedish is mycket rik, biflod

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