What is "active wealth"

Active \Ac"tive\, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.]

1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.

2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.

   Active and nervous was his gait.
   --Wordsworth.

3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.

4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.

6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.

7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.

8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.

9. (Gram.)

   1. Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. See Active voice, under Voice.

   2. Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

   3. Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.

      Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

      Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick; sprightly; prompt; energetic.

Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.]

1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] ``Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.''
   --1 Cor. x. 24.

2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.

   I have little wealth to lose.
   --Shak.

   Each day new wealth, without their care, provides.
   --Dryden.

   Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else.
   --F. A. Walker.

3. (Econ.)

   1. In the private sense, all pooperty which has a money value.

   2. In the public sense, all objects, esp. material objects, which have economic utility.

   3. Specif. called personal wealth. Those energies, faculties, and habits directly contributing to make people industrially efficient.

      Active wealth. See under Active.

      Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance.