/hævz/
OriginFrom have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details.
- plural, plural-onlyThe wealthy or privileged, contrasted to those who are poor or deprived: the have-nots.
- form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, singularthird-person singular simple present indicative of have
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