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fortune | American Dictionary

fortune
noun
us/ˈfɔr·tʃən/

fortunenoun (WEALTH)

[ C ]
a very large amount of money or property:
They made a fortune in real estate.
This dress cost a (small) fortune (= a lot of money).

fortunenoun (CHANCE)

[ C/U ]
the set of good or bad events that happen to you and have an effect on your life:
[ U ]He had the good fortune to be awarded a scholarship.
[ C/U ]
If someone tells your fortune, that person tries to discover what will happen to you in the future, for example by looking at the lines on your hands or by using a special set of cards.

fortune | Business English

fortune
noun
uk /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/us
[ C ]
an extremely large amount of money:
pay/spend a fortuneThe company needs to spend a fortune to bring all of its stores up to scratch.
make/lose a fortuneBusinesses will lose a fortune after the peak tourist season disaster.
The cars on this list won't cost a fortune to insure.
They had spent a small fortune on television advertising.
[ C ]
a large amount of valuable property or money that someone has collected or inherited:
Her personal fortune was estimated at £24 million.
He is heir to a $3billion oil fortune, the latest generation of the 31st richest family in the US.
 fortunes[ plural ]
the successes or failures that a person, company, or industry has at a particular time:
the fortunes of sb/sthPolitical and financial factors will also affect the fortunes of these companies.
sb's/sth's fortunesHe proved himself highly effective in turning around the car manufacturer's fortunes.
a change/decline/improvement in the fortunes of sth/sbThe rapid improvement in the fortunes of the paper industry shows clearly how difficult it is to predict the future at any time.

Examples of fortune

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Throughout its history, men left the town seeking their fortunes in the wilderness.
They also had different fortunes in their search for patrons.
After the mid-seventeenth century, the demographic fortunes of the two downland parishes differed somewhat.
Their fortunes were in the hands of strangers and of circumstance.
Unlike rice, therefore, workers' fortunes were tied more firmly to the international economy.
The history of theories of electricity provides an example of the changing fortunes of rival research programmes.
Do fluctuating economic fortunes also have negative effects on children?
Sudden scandals, a downturn in the economy or policy failure can rapidly change a party's fortunes.
On the whole, it is leaders who fear the future, not those who expect their fortunes to improve, who call early elections.
In general, the fortunes and the conduct of royal persons and their ministers was fair game for gossip.
In the early seventeenth century, however, the family's fortunes began to improve.
His work is principally structured around the economic fortunes of agriculture, just as is the orthodox school's.
There was no separation of state finances from the ebb and flow of private fortunes.
The book is structured, in 'orthodox school ' style, around the fortunes of agriculture.
With the exception of some posts in the judiciary, public office in the nineteenth century did not provide the occupants with notable fortunes.
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changing fortunes
Despite the changing fortunes of central political power, the 8th century represented the apogee of the reign, also a period of economic prosperity.
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