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better-off

adjective as in being in a more advantageous position

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“The system at the moment assumes that students from better-off backgrounds are getting support from their parents. It’s not always true that those students do get that support,” says Kate Ogden.

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said he would like to see inheritance tax reformed to “ensure the better-off pay more”.

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Pressed on who would pay the higher rate, he said: "I think those people who aren't inheriting huge amounts - and that money comes primarily from their property - they would see lower inheritance tax and you pay for that by ensuring that the better-off pay more."

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Mr Sa'adu is among the better-off as some of the other men who live there have no furniture, and share sleeping mats which they roll out on the floor.

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The “better-off” answer, then, can go in multiple directions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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