Definitions for Riches
ˈrɪtʃ ɪzrich·es

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wealth, richesnoun

   an abundance of material possessions and resources

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. richesnoun

   Money, goods, wealth, treasure.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Richesnoun

   Etymology: richesses, Fr.

   1. Wealth; money or possession.

   The instrumentalness of riches to charity has rendered it necessary by laws to secure propriety. Henry Hammond.

   Chemists seek riches by transmutation and the great elixir. Thomas Sprat.

   Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion than our neighbours, whereby we are enabled to procure to ourselves a greater plenty of the conveniencies of life, than comes within their reach, who, sharing the gold and silver of the world in a less proportion, want the means of plenty and power, and so are poorer. John Locke.

   What riches give us, let us first enquire,
   Meat, fire, and cloaths; what more? meat, cloaths, and fire. Alexander Pope.

   2. Splendid sumptuous appearance.

   The riches of heav’ns pavement, trodden gold. John Milton.

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1. riches

   Riches refer to a large amount of money or valuable possessions, wealth, or material prosperity. It can also connote resources that hold great value or abundance, such as natural resources, intellectual wealth or personal talents.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Richesadjective

   that which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence

2. Richesadjective

   that which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Riches

   Riches is a limited edition compilation album that was temporarily included with the Raintown album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue, starting in February 1988. Only 20,000 copies were made. It contains the two bonus tracks that were included on the CD version of Raintown, plus selected tracks and B-sides from the following single releases: ⁕"Dignity" ⁕"Loaded" ⁕"When Will You" ⁕"Dignity"

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Riches

   rich′ez, n.pl. (in B. sometimes n.sing.) wealth: richness: abundance: an intellectual treasure, as the riches of wisdom: the pearl, flower, or cream of anything. [M. E. richesse (n.sing.)—O. Fr. richesse—Mid. High Ger. ríche.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RICHES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Riches is ranked #25171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Riches surname appeared 985 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Riches.
   
   94.9% or 935 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Material Resource

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Anagrams for Riches »

1. shicer

How to pronounce Riches?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Riches in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Riches in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Riches in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Riches in a Sentence

1. Blaise Pascal:

   When a national discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although one did not know it. Hence one is inclined to love him who makes us feel it, for he has not shown us his own riches, but ours.

2. Book of Proverbs:

   There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

3. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.

4. Alexei Navalny:

   The only goal of Putin and his regime is to stay in charge for life, having the entire country as his personal asset and seizing its riches for himself and his friends.

5. Singer Justin Timberlake:

   I have always wanted to work on a soundtrack after getting to explore acting in film and having done a ton of music over the years, at some point wanting to combine those was always something that I wanted to do, this became like an embarrassment of riches because you're actually in the movie as well you're playing you know one of the supporting role to the lead in the movie and getting to do all the music. It's like - sign me up!

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Riches
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Riches
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Riches
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Riches
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Riches
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Riches
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Riches