paper millionaire
noun[C]
MONEYukusapersonwho would have at least 1 million intheircountry'smoneyif theysoldalltheirinvestments:
Shecalculatedthat herstockoptionsmade her apapermillionaire.
Examplesofpaper millionaire
paper millionaire
Reasons ranged from shareholder pressure for employee benefit reductions to the fact that many company executives would become instant paper millionaires.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is only paper millionaires that are easily ruined.
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Paper millionaires are being created by house prices in the south.
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- reapplying
- reappoint
- reappointment
- reappraisal
- reappraise
- reappraised
- reappraising
- reappropriation
- reap the benefit, reward, etc.
- reap-the-benefit-reward-etc
- reap-what-sow
- reap what you have sown
- reap-what-you-have-sown
- reap what you sow
- rear
- rear-above-over
- rear above/over something/someone
- rear above/over sth/sb
- rear-above-over-sth-sb
- rear admiral
- rear-admiral
- rear bench
- rear cabin
- rear cockpit
- rear compartment