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DictionarySeebeyondbeyond one's means
beyond (one's) meansExceeding one's available finances. If you keep living beyond your means, you'll deplete your bank account before you know it. Unfortunately, I can't go on the trip anymore—it's just beyond my means these days.See also: beyond, meanbeyond one's meansToo costly for one, more than one can afford. For example, A second vacation this year is well beyond our means. The noun means here signifies "resources at one's disposal," a usage current since Shakespeare's time, as in Measure for Measure (2:2): "Let her have needful, but not lavish means." [Late 1800s] See also: beyond, meanLegalSeeBEYOND |