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View synonyms for ways and means
ways and means
plural noun
- legislation, methods, and means of raising revenue for the use of the government.
- methods and means of accomplishing or paying for something.
ways and means
plural noun
- the revenues and methods of raising the revenues needed for the functioning of a state or other political unit
- usually capital a standing committee of the US House of Representatives that supervises all financial legislation
- the methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ways and means1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
I'm going to be chairman, speaker, program, and ways-and-means committee of this meeting.
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She simply sat and looked at poor Kate like the chairman of a ways-and-means committee who is waiting to hear all the reports.
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