private means

noun

A reasonable degree of wealth.

“He was a well-travelled man of private means.”

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Meanings

nounprivate means (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA reasonable degree of wealth.

    He was a well-travelled man of private means.

    1 more example

    We believe that in early life he intended to take up a railway career, but he never did, and lived on his private means, devoting his studies to historical matters, principally in connection with Somerset.

    1950 July, “The Historian of the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 433
  2. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, means.
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