Scratch and Wealth

Scratch

Scratch noun - A harsh grating sound.

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Wealth and scratch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wealth" instead a noun "Scratch".

Nearby Words: scratched, scratchy, scratching

Wealth noun - The total of one's money and property.

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Scratch and wealth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scratch" instead a noun "Wealth".

Nearby Words: wealthy, weal, wealthily

similar	similar scratch	similar wealth
relative	relative scratch	relative wealth
massive	massive scratch	massive wealth
huge	huge scratch	huge wealth
Other adjectives: absolute, former, apparent.

A common variant on this is to have heroes start wealthy, but forsake their wealth (or have it stripped from them) so they can remake themselves from scratch; often this is done with characters that canonically inherited their wealth in order to show that they really 'earned' it.

Source: Self-Made Man
The funny thing is that he was already rich as a teenager, then gave away the wealth and, starting from scratch, built a second fortune.

Source: Fiction 500
Never Win the Lottery: Ted wins a substantial amount of money via a scratch-off ticket and starts using his newfound wealth to arrange drastic changes at the ranch, such as adding a water park.

Source: Series / Hey Dude!

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