Betekenis van fortune In het Nederlands

• 0 a large amount of money, goods, property, etc.:

  • She inherited a fortune from her grandmother.

  • He lost a fortune gambling.

  • You can make a fortune out of junk if you call it antiques.

  • This dress cost a (small) fortune.

  • Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a fortune.

• 1 chance and the way it affects your life:

  • He had the (good) fortune to train with some of the world's top athletes.

  • The family's fortunes changed overnight.

• 2 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).

• 3 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.

• 4 an extremely large amount of money:

  • pay/spend a fortune The company needs to spend a fortune to bring all of its stores up to scratch.

  • make/lose a fortune Businesses 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.

• 5 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.

• 6 the successes or failures that a person, company, or industry has at a particular time:

  • the fortunes of sb/sth Political and financial factors will also affect the fortunes of these companies.

  • sb's/sth's fortunes He proved himself highly effective in turning around the car manufacturer's fortunes.

  • a change/decline/improvement in the fortunes of sth/sb The rapid improvement in the fortunes of the paper industry shows clearly how difficult it is to predict the future at any time.