Tuesday, April 27, 2010

WORD of the day

wherewithal/WARE-with-awl/; noun
: Means, or resources

Example Sentence: “It’s okay,” the agent insisted to the customer, “it looks as if we will have the wherewithal to get this fixed for you right away.”

Did you know?

“Wherewithal” has been in use, in one form or another, since the 1500s. These days it is almost always used as a noun referring to means or resources.

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