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Noun: prosperity  pró'spe-ru-tee
  1. The condition of prospering; having good fortune
    "The company's prosperity was evident in its rapid expansion";
    - successfulness
     
  2. An economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment
    "The country enjoyed a period of unprecedented prosperity in the post-war years"

Derived forms: prosperities

Type of: economic condition, good fortune, good luck, luckiness

Encyclopedia: Prosperity, South Carolina