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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being in a better or more prosperous condition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective being in a more prosperous condition.
  • adjective in a more fortunate condition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of better off.
  • adjective comparative form of well-off: more well-off

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective in a more fortunate or prosperous condition

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