be better off
*to have more money than you had in the past or more money than most other people:
Obviously we're better off now that we're both working.
When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off (= he had $100,000 more than before).
*to be in a better situation, if or after something happens:
He'd be better off working for a bigger company.
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