ultra rich

A form of ultrarich — Extremely rich; very wealthy.

Meanings

adjectiveultra rich (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of ultrarich.

    WATE-ON works because It is ultra rich in stamina.

    1985, Mademoiselle - Volume 91, Issues 4-6, page ccxxxiv
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    The oil spray core is fed by the oil rushing from the orifice, is "ultra rich," and, there being no oxygen available, it cannot support combustion.

    1929, Automotive Industries - Volume 61, page 85

    Bold, ripe and creamy, with ultra rich tropical fruit, pear, honey, toast and spice flavors that fold together, finishing with excellent length, depth and concentration.

    1996, Wine Spectator's Guide to White Wines of California, 1997, →ISBN

    Tucked into the YARD, TheT-MobileG1 Diner invited VIPs for breakfast and lunch, networking or just warming up with an ultra rich, extra hot cocoa (guests easily texted drink orders from the handy T-Mobile PDAs at each table.)

    2009, Hollywood Weekly Feb 2009

    As a result, Treasuries, especially long-dated ones, became ultra rich and 30-year swap-Treasury spreads reached 150 bp.

    2011, Antti Ilmanen, Expected Returns: An Investor's Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards, →ISBN

    The catastrophic financial experiments: some became ultra rich while destroying the wealth of many.

    2012, Gilbert Van Kerckhove, Toxic Capitalism: The Orgy of Consumerism and Waste, →ISBN, page 34
nounultra rich (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of ultrarich.

    She introduced my low-income blue-collar husband into a world the working poor can only read about – the world of the ultra rich.

    2008, Tamara Pelosi, Susan Semerade, Pennies from an Angel: Innocent Lives Behind a Crime, →ISBN, page xi
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    This need to shelter the ultra rich bespeaks unacceptably high real levels of insecurity which beset the middle and working classes.

    2014, Andreas Daniel Fogg, Deferred Pay, Mergers and Acquisitions and Sectoral Deflation, Frame Deconstructions, →ISBN

    Wealthy interests can fund advocacy organizations with no disclosure of their contributions required. These kinds of judicial decisions bias the political process in favor of the ultra rich.

    2014, Darrell M. West, Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust, →ISBN, page 15
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