fortune

/ˈfȯr-chən/

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin fortuna; akin to Latin fort-, fors chance, luck, and perhaps to ferre to carry

noun

  1. a very large sum of money

  2. riches, wealth

  3. a store of material possessions

spent a fortune redecorating

a man of fortune

verb

  1. to give good or bad fortune to

  2. to endow with a fortune

  3. happen, chance

noun

  1. a thin cookie folded to contain a slip of paper on which is printed a fortune, proverb, or humorous statement