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well-heeled

[wel-heeld] / ˈwɛlˈhild /
ADJECTIVE
affluent
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Having access to well heeled people who are interested in the product you are selling is a valuable commodity , and this model would seem to accomplish that.

From Forbes • Aug. 6, 2014

"You sit in a park and invariably you will see someone mumbling to themselves and sometimes they will be very well heeled."

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2013

"Curious" will appeal to the Suffolk type of visitor - "well heeled and low-key" people who are part of the knowledge economy, he says.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2012

The nightclub, which opened in June on the roof of the Dream Downtown hotel, is the latest endeavor from the impresarios behind Marquee, Tao and other successful playgrounds for the well heeled.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2011

Mebbe he ain’t well heeled for dollars, an’ she’s that tender-hearted she might—I’ve got his pictur’.

From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Cullum, Ridgwell




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