Adjective : Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.    From Dictionary.com. 

He's much better-off bringing McCain into the conversations.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2008] Reference

We're not just a better-off country, we're a better country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President At Gotv Rally] Reference

But there will be income tax increases for better-off people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2009] Reference

The economically better-off farms have already shifted to motorization.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Overview] Reference

LUDDEN: A lot of these villages are cropping up in better-off neighborhoods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Helping Seniors Grow Old At Home, Safely] Reference

They have less variety of foods and need more bread than the better-off people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Women and War Work] Reference

And of course the money isn't going to the ones who could help, the better-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Gloom among lower-income households more than offset gains in better-off households.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evidence Grows] Reference

He left a suicide note with his two children that said, "they would better-off dead.".    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Better-Off Dead’] Reference

Some fear this will widen the gap between poorer families and their better-off neighbours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schools must earn poor pupil payment, charity tells education secretary Gove] Reference

They wanted to contrast this pain with the alleged callous indifference of better-off Jews.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Film Unfinished' Reveals Nazi Horrors, Manipulation] Reference

Now unless a developed country is at war, its people will be better-off over any ten-year period.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

(President Obama has proposed federal limitations on charitable deductions for the better-off, too.).    From Wordnik.com.  [States (And Bill Gates Sr.) Look To Soak The Rich] Reference

Taxing the better-off will increase government revenues without seriously damaging consumption or employment.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do you cut the deficit without a double-dip? Tax the rich] Reference

Hal Bruno, do you share this view that while we may seem better - served, the public was better-off then than now?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: How Have Presidential Elections Changed Over the Years? - October 26, 2000] Reference

I once had a letter from a News of the World reader who explained how better-off his family would be without him in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [For how long has legitimacy been the rule?] Reference

The idea, he says, was to give poor people many of the same amenities as the better-off tenants of tall apartment buildings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Razing The Vertical Ghettos] Reference

Modern irrigation systems that are highly efficient in water use become common practice in most of the better-off countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ freshwater] Reference

No. 10 would do well to listen to No. 11 - but, as it is, Darling may be better-off separating himself from Brown's stubborn approach.    From Wordnik.com.  [A humble rift] Reference

We are fighting to improve the conditions of those who are worst off without sacrificing the benefits of those in the better-off sectors.    From Wordnik.com.  [LEADERS OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS EXPELLED AND DISQU] Reference

Cape, even better-off provinces such as the Western Cape struggled with a lack of human and financial resources within the heritage sector.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

These days, as Pew notes, it is often adult children, out of work or otherwise down on their luck, who move in with their better-off parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boomerang kids? It could be worse, folks] Reference

But these days, as Pew notes, it is often adult children, out of work or otherwise down on their luck, who move in with their better-off parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money news: Newbie to couponing, boomerang kids] Reference

What I predict is that the retirement age will be raised, the inflation adjustment will be reduced and better-off retirees will be penalized more.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Rules Of Retirement] Reference

She saves her allowance, frequents secondhand shops, stitches her own party dresses and does whatever else it takes to keep up with her better-off peers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Keeping Up Appearances] Reference

A smaller proportion of mothers with lower socioeconomic status exhibited "extravagant" or "caressing" affection than did better-off mothers, for instance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can A Mother's Affection Prevent Anxiety In Adulthood?] Reference

LUDDEN: A lot of villages are in better-off neighborhoods, but Capitol Hill and others use private grants or public money to offer steep discounts to those who need it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Villages' Help Neighbors Age At Home] Reference

"If voters have a strong preference for security and social justice and are envious of the better-off, that will be reflected in regulation and social welfare," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s In Your Head] Reference

With plans already in place to reduce tax on lower earners, his comments appear to dash hopes of tax cuts for the better-off and middle classes until 2015 at the earliest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danny Alexander issues stark warning on taxes] Reference