vast fortune

collocation in English

meaningsofvastandfortune

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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fortune
noun
uk
/ˈfɔː.tʃuːn/us
/ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/
a large amount of money, goods, ...
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(Definition ofvastandfortunefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvast fortune

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I realise that it would cost avastfortuneto improve them.
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I have given an example of a man who made avastfortune, without swindling anybody, by creating wealth.
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But in that time people can make avastfortune.
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It is hard, living an honest life and paying one's income tax in the normal way, to find that by property deals somebody has made avastfortuneovernight.
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He inherited from his father avastfortune, also founded in brewing.
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On her 21st birthday, she will inherit avastfortuneas well as some legal papers that will incriminate her father, a crooked judge.
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He has also gained many international contacts and avastfortune, gained over centuries.
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He decides to try to find an heir that will inherit hisvastfortune.
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On his attaining the age of twenty-one, he received control of hisvastfortune.
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He gave over $60 million, which was avastfortunein 21st-century dollars.
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He couples this with his parents'vastfortune, allowing him to create many advanced gadgets and vehicles.
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A shrewd individual, he accumulated avastfortunefrom his business.
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In the will of her late spouse, she had been denied the larger part of hisvastfortuneand any influence upon his affairs.
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After starting a gigantic war of the worlds, they will sell their munitions and reap avastfortune.
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He is an honorable and handsome young man who has just inherited avastfortune.
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Permanently in a human form, he amassed avastfortuneby making stars, using advanced technology to create suns for clients.
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Before she was 8 she had inherited avastfortuneand been disinherited of it.
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His long life allowed him to assemble avastfortune, which he used to set up a series of outposts, fully staffed and equipped, in various corners of the world.
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Gregory as his sole heir should have inherited avastfortune.
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