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Vinony

means

noun

  1. means by which an item performs a function
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /miːnz/ / /minz/

name

Etymology: Various origins: * Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin. * Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire. * A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Menifee County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.

  1. Financial resources; wealth.

    “a person of means; independent means”

    “He was living beyond his means.”

  2. Financial resources; wealth.

    “She is a woman of means.”

    “Hotels that are so priced that only people of means can stay.”

verb

Etymology: From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mean