| ways and means | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | the revenues and methods of raising the revenues needed for the functioning of a state or other political unit |
| 2. | (usually capital) a standing committee of the US House of Representatives that supervises all financial legislation |
| 3. | the methods and resources for accomplishing some purpose |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |