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Meanings of rich people in English

People who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

Usage of rich people in English
1
Modi has changed the way rich people think and talk about compliance.
Reuters
2
Until a few weeks ago, rich people lived along the lower hills.
Angelfall
3
Now UBS explicitly wants to address super- rich people with even more money.
Reuters
4
The mob took all the fine houses and killed the rich people.
The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ...
5
She made a moral argument for rich people to pay their taxes.
The Guardian
6
Ultimately, he hopes rich people will have less money to give away.
Wired
7
I know very few rich people who got rich to make money.
The Guardian
8
They went to the lakeside villas where they heard rich people lived.
The Irish Times
9
The college is only for princes and the children of rich people.
Modern Persia
10
Yet the rich people say that the poor people are getting prosperous.
Writing for Vaudeville
11
Among the great and rich people also singular things came to pass.
The Land of the Blue Flower
12
Even in our pitifully broken semi-democracy, rich people shouldn't be in charge.
The Guardian
13
Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
14
So she goes on, until all the rich people are disposed of.
Christmas / Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related ...
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The very rich people or big companies are somehow just not trusted.
The Guardian
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None of which was achieved by rich people throwing coins at us.
Wired
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Rich people through the time
Rich people across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
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