Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Financially secure; well-to-do.
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- adjective Reasonably
financially secure .
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- adjective in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
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Examples
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This home, a crumbling concrete and rusting steel bunker, was a stone's throw from the Pemex gas station operated by his well-fixed brother Roberto.
Beautifully Arranged 2009
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This home, a crumbling concrete and rusting steel bunker, was a stone's throw from the Pemex gas station operated by his well-fixed brother Roberto.
Beautifully Arranged 2009
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Conservative spokesmen never tire of saying that a bigger take for the well-fixed son in the family will result in economic miracles for all the members--the famous trickle-down theory.
Jack Rothman: Debunking the Family Budget Analogy Jack Rothman 2011
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With this weekend's Food & Wine Classic, the Aspen Music Festival & School less than two weeks from the start of its summer-long schedule, the Jazz Aspen June Festival revving its engine and the Aspen Ideas Festival just around the corner, the invasion of shiny laminates hanging on well-heeled, well-fixed necks all around town is in high gear.
Meredith C. Carroll: Aspen's Status Symbol du Jour: Plastic 2010
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A wartime product created for the benefit of the American soldiers swarming to a long exile at the four corners of the world, the pin-up girl soon became an industrial product, subject to well-fixed norms and as stable in quality as peanut butter or chewing gum.
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A wartime product created for the benefit of the American soldiers swarming to a long exile at the four corners of the world, the pin-up girl soon became an industrial product, subject to well-fixed norms and as stable in quality as peanut butter or chewing gum.
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The two meet again when Irene has snared another deep-pocketed gent at a tony hotel, and Jean, reaping the benefits of another misapprehension, is in residence as the boy toy of a well-fixed and well-preserved widow.
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"Mario was very concerned to make money because he was getting older and he really wanted to leave his kids well-fixed," Coppola stated.
Francis Ford Coppola Reflects On Missing ‘Godfather IV,’ Goes B&W For ‘Tetro’ » MTV Movies Blog 2007
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I would imagine the guy's pretty well-fixed and won't suffer much.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: March 2004 Archives 2004
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Still, looking on the bright side, at least I am well-fixed for incontinence diapers.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
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