[miːnz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an action or system by which a result is achieved; a method
(e.g: technology seen as a means to bring about emancipation)

- financial resources; income
(e.g: he came from a family of very modest means)


Phrases:
- a means to an end
- beyond one's means
- by all means
- by any means
- by means of
- by no means
- means of grace
- within one's means

Origin:
late Middle English: plural of mean, the early sense being ‘intermediary’