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Definition:

(nou) how a result is obtained or an end is achieved (nou) an instrumentality for accomplishing some end (nou) considerable capital (wealth or income)

Phonetic Transcription:

miːnz

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Contraception covers the means and methods to prevent conception.

The principal means of the fraud was the method of indirect billing.

There is no way of telling the present with the means of the past.

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