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   Means

   /mēnz/

   

   plural

   • 1. an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method: "resolving disputes by peaceful means" Similar methodwaymannermodemeasurefashionprocessproceduretechniqueexpedientagencymediuminstrumentmechanismchannelvehicleavenuecourse
   • 2. money; financial resources: "he came from a family of very modest means" Similar moneyresourcescapitalincomefinancefundscashthe wherewithalassetsinformal:doughbreaddibsmoolahshekelsgeltlootoofscratchsploshdoshbrasslollyspondulickswongaackersdinerosjackmazumaOscar
   • ▪ wealth: "exclusive hotels that are priced so that only people of means can stay" Similar wealthrichesaffluencesubstancefortunepropertymoneycapitaldeep pockets
   • ▪ resources; capability: "every country in the world has the means to make ethanol"

   Word Origin late Middle English: plural of mean3, the early sense being ‘intermediary’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   force or effort; interchangeable with 'means' in the expression 'by means of'. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one. a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.

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