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private means

private means noun: a reasonable degree of wealth.

Noun

private means (uncountable)

  1. A reasonable degree of wealth.
    • He was a well-travelled man of private means.
    • We believe that in early life he intended to take up a railway career, but he never did, and lived on his private means, devoting his studies to historical matters, principally in connection with Somerset.1950 July, “The Historian of the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 433
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, means.

Questions about private means

What does private means mean?
Private means means a reasonable degree of wealth.
What part of speech is private means?
Private means is a noun.

Words near private means in the dictionary

  1. private law
  2. private life
  3. private limited liability companies
  4. private limited liability company
  5. private lives
  6. private means
  7. private member's bill
  8. private member's bills
  9. private message
  10. private messaged
  11. private messages

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