Originally Posted by
english-learner
to be better/well/badly etc... off (used to say how much money sb has)
Families will be better off under the new law (=will have more money)
They are both comfortably off (have enough money to buy what they want without worrying too much about the cost)
But notice that "be better/ worse off doing sth (infomal) = to be in the better or worse situation
_she's better off without him