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 |
means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
means | an instrumentality for accomplishing some end |
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 |
man of means rich man wealthy man | a man who is wealthy |
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 |
ways and means | resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) |
sneaky underhand underhanded | marked by deception, achieved success in business only by underhand methods |
underhand underhanded underarm | with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level, an underhand pitch, an underhand stroke |
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 |
underarm underhand | with the hand swung below shoulder level, throwing a ball underarm |
underhandedly underhand | slyly and secretly, Mean revenge, committed underhand- John Donne, oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies- C.G.Bowers |