billionaire
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someone who has more than a billion pounds or dollars
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someone with left-wing political opinions who is very rich. This word is often used to show that you dislike people like this.
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a rich man who has a farm on his land but who does not need it for his main income
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rich people who travel to a lot of different parts of the world and have exciting lives
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people who have recently become rich, especially people who buy expensive things to impress other people
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rich families who have been rich for several generations, especially families who also have a high social status
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someone from a low social class who has become rich or important but is not accepted as an equal by other rich or important people
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a young person from a rich family who is temporarily living in bad conditions or in a poor area, especially in order to gain respect or to be fashionable
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a girl from California whose family is rich and who is interested only in fashion and other things that are not very important
someone who does not have to work to earn money and can spend their time doing whatever they want
someone with a large amount of money or property
a small set of people who have more money, opportunities, or advantages than other people
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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