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单词 ways and means
释义 ways and means
noun plural
Etymology: Middle English weys and menes, weyes and meanes
1. : methods and resources for accomplishing something and especially for defraying expenses
2.
 a. often capitalized W&M : methods and resources for raising the necessary revenues for the expenses of a political unit (as a nation or state)
 b. often capitalized W&M : a legislative committee concerned with this function
  < the chairman of Ways and Means was formerly appointed at the beginning of a new Parliament — T.E.May >
  < the Ways and Means made its first formal proposals on tax legislation for the current session of Congress — New York Times >
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