multimillionaire
multimillionaire — noun
1. A person whose total assets — cash, property, stocks, and other valuables — add
A person whose total assets — cash, property, stocks, and other valuables — add up to at least several million units of a major currency such as the U.S. dollar, the euro, or the pound.
Ravi became a multimillionaire at twenty-eight when his app company was bought by a larger firm.
collocation: became a multimillionaire
The new hospital wing was paid for by a local multimillionaire who grew up in the neighborhood.
passive: paid for by a multimillionaire
Aiko's multimillionaire uncle donated enough money to build a small library in their hometown.
Some multimillionaires live very simply and invest most of their money in social projects.
The judge ruled that the multimillionaire must pay three million dollars in unpaid taxes.
- millionaire
someone worth at least one million — a lower threshold than multimillionaire
- billionaire
someone worth at least one thousand million — a far higher level of wealth
- very wealthy person
a general description that does not specify a numerical threshold
- pauper
someone with very little money, at the opposite end of the wealth scale
文法句型
a/an + multimillionaire
possessive + multimillionaire
multimillionaire + noun
用法筆記
The prefix multi- means 'several', so a multimillionaire is significantly wealthier than a millionaire — the term typically implies assets of two million or more, not just one.