■ pronoun [ first person plural ]
1》 ~ed by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more others as the object of a verb or preposition.
↘~ed after the verb ‘to be’ and after ‘than’ or ‘as’.
↘ N. Amer. informal to or for ourselves.
2》 informal me.
Origin
OE ūs , acc~ative and dative of we , of Gmc origin.
Usage
Is it correct to say they are richer than ~ , or is it better to say they are richer than we (are) ? See ~age at than .