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to squander a fortune

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  • 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

  • squander — v. (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) * * * [ skwɒndə] (D; tr.) to squander on (to squander a fortune on bad investments) …   Combinatory dictionary

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

  • squander — verb Squander is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chance, ↑fortune, ↑goodwill, ↑money, ↑resource, ↑talent …   Collocations dictionary

  • squander — I. verb (squandered; squandering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1536 transitive verb 1. to spend extravagantly or foolishly ; dissipate, waste < squandered a fortune > 2. to cause to disperse …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • squander — v.tr. 1 spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully. 2 dissipate (a fortune etc.) wastefully. Derivatives: squanderer n. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

  • William Donaldson — Charles William Donaldson (4 January 1935 22 June 2005) was an English satirist, writer, rake and playboy, author of The Henry Root Letters .Donaldson enjoyed a privileged upbringing in Sunningdale, Berkshire as the son of a shipping magnate. He… …   Wikipedia

  • Eugenio Cambaceres — (Buenos Aires, 1843 Buenos Aires, 1888) Argentine writer and politician. Biography Son of a French chemist father who immigrated to Argentina in 1833 and a mother native to Buenos Aires. Cambaceres went to secondary school at the Colegio Nacional …   Wikipedia

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  • Summary of Decameron tales — This article contains summaries and commentaries of the 100 stories contained in Giovanni Boccaccio s The Decameron .Each story of the Decameron begins with a short heading explaining the plot of the story. The 1903 J. M. Rigg English translation …   Wikipedia

  • Edward T. Stotesbury — Edward Townsend Stotesbury (1849 1938) was a prominent investment banker and partner at J.P. Morgan Co. and its Philadelphia affiliate Drexel Co. for over fifty five years. Stotesbury was born in Philadelphia on February 26, 1849 of Quaker… …   Wikipedia

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