better off betydelse and definition

Betydelse av better off på svenska

• 0 to have more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people:

  • Obviously we're better off now that we're both working.

  • When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off (= he had $100,000 more than before).

  • He'd be better off working for a bigger company.

• 1 people who have more money than most others:

  • The new tax will not have a serious impact on the better off.

• 2 in a more satisfactory situation than you were before:

  • I know you’re unhappy that the relationship ended, but you’re better off without him.

  • People in this country are far better off than they were ten years ago.