ways and means

various methods, different methods particularly to meet expenses)

Ways and Means may refer to:Committee of Ways and Means of the UK parliamentUnited States House Committee on Ways and MeansWays and Means (The West Wing), an episode of the television series The West Wing"Ways and Means", a song by Snow Patrol from their 2003 album Final StrawWays & Means (album) an album by Paul Kelly
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In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

Noun
1. resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)
(hypernym) resource