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plural affluents
Somebody who is wealthy. quotations examples
The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
1994, Philip D. Cooper, Health care marketing: a foundation for managed quality, page 183
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary. quotations examples
The affluents of the Amazon are, half of them, of this nature, while the other half are whitish and opaque, the difference depending upon the class of country through which they have flowed.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton
comparative more affluent, superlative most affluent
Abundant; copious; plenteous. quotations examples
The shores are affluent in beauty, and incomparably lovely is the drive to the heights of Castel-a-Mare.
1860, Mary Howitt, transl., Life in the Old World
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth. quotations examples
Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.
2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist
(dated) Tributary. examples
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly. quotations
affluent blood
1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions