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121means to an end — {n. phr.} An action leading to some end or purpose. * /Money for him was just a means to an end; actually he wanted power./ …
122Means grass — Johnson grass John son grass [Named after W. Johnson of Alabama, who planted it about 1840 1845.] (Bot.) A tall perennial grass ({Sorghum Halepense}), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and… …
123means test — noun Date: 1930 an examination into the financial state of a person to determine his eligibility for public assistance • means tested adjective …
124means-tested — adjective see means test …
125Means grass — /meenz/. See Johnson grass. [1855 60, Amer.; after John H. Means (1812 62), governor of South Carolina, 1850 52, who obtained the original seed from Turkey] * * * …
126means-tested — adjective Subject to a means test …
127means of production — noun The combination of the means of laborsuch as machines, tools, and equipmentand the subject of labor used by workers to make products. See Also: factors of production …
128means — noun /miːnz/ Resources; riches. a person of means …