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WAYS AND MEANS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does ways and means mean?

• WAYS AND MEANS (noun)
The noun WAYS AND MEANS has 1 sense:

1. resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)

Familiarity information: WAYS AND MEANS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WAYS AND MEANS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("ways and means" is a kind of...):

resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)

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