generational wealth

noun

Assets that are passed down from one generation to the next.

“I will never sell my stocks. I want to build generational wealth and leave it to my children, and I hope they do the same.”

Opposite
poverty trap
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Meanings

noungenerational wealth (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAssets that are passed down from one generation to the next.

    I will never sell my stocks. I want to build generational wealth and leave it to my children, and I hope they do the same.

    2 more examples

    “I have no doubt we will land on a resolution that makes her a woman with generational wealth,” Mr. Hassan wrote.

    2021 August 20, Daisuke Wakabayashi, quoting Scott Hassan, “Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Divorce.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    We ain't got generational wealth / It's only a year that I've had these millions

    2023, “Sprinter”, performed by Central Cee x Dave

    Antonyms: poverty trap

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAssets that are passed down from one generation to the next.

Opposite
poverty trap
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Chicago

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