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WHEREWITHAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wherewithal mean?
• WHEREWITHAL (noun)
The noun WHEREWITHAL has 1 sense:
1. the necessary means (especially financial means)
Familiarity information: WHEREWITHAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The necessary means (especially financial means)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("wherewithal" is a kind of...):
Context examples
People eat, therefore they must procure the wherewithal.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
At the inn, as I entered, I looked about me with so black a countenance as made the attendants tremble; not a look did they exchange in my presence; but obsequiously took my orders, led me to a private room, and brought me wherewithal to write.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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