means
noun (MONEY) /miːnz/ (plural means)Definition
C2 [plural] money, for example from an income, that allows you to buy things: [+ to infinitive] He has the means to buy half the houses in the street if he wanted to.AccountingEarning money and money earnedGeneral words for amounts of moneyLarge amounts of moneySmall amounts of money live beyond your means › to spend more money than you receive as incomeBudgeting and saving money live within your means › to spend less money than you receive as incomePaying and spending money a man/woman of means › a rich man/womanWealthy people
(Definition of means noun (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accountancy noun
- accountant noun
- accounting noun
- accounts noun
- auditor noun
- balance verb
- bill noun (REQUEST FOR PAYMENT)
- bill verb (REQUEST PAYMENT)
- budget verb
- capital gains noun
- costing noun
- expenditure noun
- false accounting noun
- GAAP noun
- housekeeping (money) noun
- ledger noun
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- line item noun
- loss noun
- set sth against sth phrasal verb (FINANCE)
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