amass large fortune

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• fortune — for|tune [ fɔrtʃən ] noun ** 1. ) count usually singular a very large amount of money: Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle. make/amass a fortune: He had made a fortune from mining. make your fortune (=become very… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fortune */*/ — UK [ˈfɔː(r)tʃən] / US [ˈfɔrtʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms fortune : singular fortune plural fortunes 1) [countable, usually singular] a very large amount of money Jordan had inherited a considerable personal fortune from his uncle. make/amass a fortune …   English dictionary

• amass — a•mass [[t]əˈmæs[/t]] v. t. 1) to gather for oneself: to amass a fortune[/ex] 2) to collect into a mass or pile; gather 3) to come together; assemble: A large crowd amassed for the parade[/ex] • Etymology: 1475–85; < F amasser= a V+masser, der …   From formal English to slang

• amass — a‧mass [əˈmæs] verb [transitive] to collect a large amount of something gradually over a period of time, especially money or information: • She has amassed a £94 million fortune through her family s hotel and banking chain. * * * amass UK US… …   Financial and business terms

• fortune — n. wealth 1) to accumulate, amass, make a fortune 2) to come into, inherit a fortune 3) to dissipate, run through, squander a fortune 4) an enormous, large, vast fortune 5) a family fortune luck 6) to try one s fortune 7) the (bad; good) fortune… …   Combinatory dictionary

• fortune — noun 1 luck ADJECTIVE ▪ good ▪ bad, ill … OF FORTUNE ▪ piece, stroke ▪ By a stroke of good fortune, S …   Collocations dictionary

• amass — a|mass [əˈmæs] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: amasser, from masser to gather into a mass ] if you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it ▪ For 25 years, Darwin amassed evidence to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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