Sentence examples for items of wealth from inspiring English sources

Expeditions to Ophir, a region probably in either East Africa or India, brought items of wealth such as gold, peacocks, and sandalwood to Palestine.

Not only do many people believe that the money the government owes itself is part of the national debt, some believe that the funds recorded in federal government trust funds are assets, items of wealth that will provide income in the future.

The Family Affluence Scale III (FAS III) is a composite indicator of self-reported socio-economic status that includes six items of material wealth (number of holidays taken during the last year, dishwasher in the house, family car ownership, having one's own bedroom, number of bathrooms in the house, computer ownership).

Having a few conspicuous items of material wealth will go a long way in convincing people that you're well-off.

*Shakaku is company dignity; that is, intentional management of the compatibility of social and economical items, and reconsideration of wealth or welfare.

Sugar was a luxury good, and these items were also displays of wealth.

In addition, an asset index based on 17 items of individual and household wealth was used to capture variation of socioeconomic position in the developing-country setting [32].

The large horn, while being slowly ground down to a powder for consumptive use, is also an item of excess, a show of wealth on a shelf.

For more time-distant surveys, definitions of some of the items and their meaning as indicators of wealth may change.

Only a wealthy family could afford such an item, he explained, and that kind of wealth could be accumulated only by using slaves.

This constructing of wealth index using these items have previously been used in Ghana [ 26, 27].