means
agency
way | how a result is obtained or an end is achieved, a means of control, an example is the best agency of instruction, the true way to success |
elaboration
working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
amelioration
melioration
betterment | the act of relieving ills and changing for the better |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
| working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
| means | an instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
working
workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
| working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
working principle
working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
working papers
work papers
work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
| working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
improvement
betterment
advance | a change for the better, progress in development |
labor
labour
working class
proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
| Ways and Means Committee | a permanent committee of the United States House of Representatives that makes recommendations to the US House on all bills that would raise revenue |
working group
working party | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved, the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks |
man of means
rich man
wealthy man | a man who is wealthy |
c prostitute
cocotte
whore
harlot
bawd
tart
cyprian fancy woman working girl sporting lady
lady of pleasure
woman of the street | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
| working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman
workingman
working man
working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
Johnson grass
Aleppo grass
means grass
evergreen millet
Sorghum halepense | tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder, naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land |
means
substance | considerable capital (wealth or income), he is a man of means |
| capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
| ways and means | resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) |
| betterment | an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility |
workday
working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage, they work an -hour day |
| workday working day work day | a day on which work is done |
propertyless
wage-earning
working-class
blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
| working | serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity, discussed the working draft of a peace treaty, they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects |
working(a)
on the job(p) | actively engaged in paid work, the working population, the ratio of working men to unemployed, a working mother, robots can be on the job day and night |
running(a)
operative
functional
working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
| working(a) | adopted as a temporary basis for further work, a working draft, a working hypothesis |
| working | adequate for practical use, especially sufficient in strength or numbers to accomplish something, the party has a working majority in the House, a working knowledge of Spanish |
wage-earning
working-clas | working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries, working-class occupations include manual as well as industrial labor |
| by all means | definitely or certainly, Visit us by all means |
by no means
not by a long sight
not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |
artificially
unnaturally
by artificial means | not according to nature, not by natural means, artificially induced conditions |
by hook or by crook
by any means | in any way necessary, I'll pass this course by hook or by crook |