WordNet
n. wealth that is inherited rather than earned
Usage examples of "inherited wealth".
He had inherited wealth, and had started on Wall Street as a pension-fund manager with a major brokerage house.
I have known one or two men and women who could be described as 'self-made' in this respect with at least as much partial truth as 'self-made' can be applied to those whose affluence or position can be said to have been achieved largely by their own will and efforts with little or no help from inherited wealth or social position.
Despite his noble background and inherited wealth, Ramsey's father had been an enlightened and liberal man.
He had selected a partner, a young architect of no talent but of great inherited wealth.
Lister has thought about the effects and implications of his inherited wealth about as much as most men think about their left big toes.
Intellectual pursuits had to depend on the accident of inherited wealth or on the favor and financial support of some wealthy protector.
I think that inherited wealth is a bad idea and is harmful to both the individual and to society.
From the rims of his own large, insectoid eyes, Zuckuss could spot some of the galaxy's richest and most glittering denizens, devoted to spending their vast inherited wealth in as ostentatious a manner as possible.
Mr Wray had the same ability to sit through long meaningless speeches without apparent emotion, but his father-in-law, Rear-Admiral Harte, an officer remarkable only for his wealth- his recently-inherited wealth- and his lack of seamanship, had not.
That she didn't particularly wish to function in that social strata was of no purposeher inherited wealth and rank as a gentleman's daughter would require her to do so.
That she didn't particularly wish to function in that social strata was of no purpose-her inherited wealth and rank as a gentleman's daughter would require her to do so.
They all bore the stamp of a social strata that too often depends on inherited wealth rather than ability to place them in a position of authority and their acknowledgement of my presence was distant, almost chilling.