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   means

   /miːnz/

   plural

   • 1. an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method: "technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation" Similar methodwaymannermodemeasurefashionprocessproceduretechniqueexpedientagencymediuminstrumentmechanismchannelvehicleavenuecourse
   • 2. financial resources; income: "he came from a family of very modest means" Similar moneyresourcescapitalincomefinancefundscashthe wherewithalassetsinformal:doughbreaddibsmoolahshekelsgeltlootoofscratchsploshdoshbrasslollyspondulickswongaackersdinerosjackmazumaOscar
   • ▪ substantial resources; 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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