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independent means

independent means noun: income from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.

Noun

independent means pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Income from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.
    • She is a woman of independent means.
    • “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Questions about independent means

What does independent means mean?
Independent means means income from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.
What part of speech is independent means?
Independent means is a noun.

Words near independent means in the dictionary

  1. independent counsels
  2. independent function
  3. independent functions
  4. independent genitive
  5. independent genitives
  6. independent means
  7. independent mini-nation
  8. independent mini-nations
  9. Independent Olympic Participant
  10. Independent Olympic Participants
  11. independent possessive

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