independent means

noun

Income from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.

“She is a woman of independent means.”

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Meanings

nounindependent means pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyIncome from one's own assets resulting in no need for employment.

    She is a woman of independent means.

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    “[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
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