better-off

[ bet-er-awf, -of ]

/ ˈbɛt ərˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.

Origin of better-off

First recorded in 1860–65

They can say that they're not giving up on their goal of making the better-off pay their fair share in taxes.

Barack Obama and the Democrats Need to Take a Stand for Jobs |Michael Tomasky |June 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Luke knew that it contained gifts—the hateful, merciful, nauseating charity of the better-off.

The Best Short Stories of 1917 |Various
Wherever the better-off classes caught fever, it was not relapsing but typhus, and a very fatal typhus.

A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Creighton
Luke knew that 137 it contained giftsthe hateful, merciful, nauseating charity of the better-off.

Short Stories of the New America |Various

I found on lately revisiting Anjou, and in the Berri, that the better-off peasants are building houses with upper bedrooms.

The Roof of France |Matilda Betham-Edwards
And how the better-off among them pity their weaker brethren!

Ghetto Tragedies |Israel Zangwill