wherewithal

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It is probably the case that breakfasts for travellers are not so frequently needed here as they are on the Continent; but, still, there is often to be found a crowd of people ready to eat if only the wherewithal were there.

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  1. noun The necessary means, especially financial means: didn't have the wherewithal to survive an economic downturn.
  2. conjunction Wherewith.
  3. pronoun Wherewith.

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  • And without financial wherewithal, the publisher can't continue producing great journalism. —  paidContent
  • But for those employees who do have the wherewithal, the debt collection company maintains that the debt it collects improves the profitability of the industries it services, thereby presumably improving their financial health and the overall health of the economy. —  Conglomerate
  • It seems that buyers with the wherewithal are taking advantage of reduced prices and historically low mortgage interest rates. —  cpn
  • If anybody thinks the American government has the wherewithal, the intelligence or the integrity to get anything done, there is still a hole in the ground seven years later, there are still levees that have not been properly re-built after Katrina and people still can't vote in the United States and have their vote properly counted because the voting machines don't work. —  Earthfiles.com Articles
  • "Defining moments in Dynamite was having the wherewithal, the brazenness, to say every other publisher or co-publisher turned us down for 'Army of Darkness,' we're still going to do this," he said. —  Comic Book Resources
 

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/hwɛrwɪˈðɔl/
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