within your means

within your means
within (your) means without spending more than the money you have.

We need to reduce spending and live within our means.

Opposite of: beyond (your) means

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • live within your means — live beyond/within/your means phrase to have a way of life in which you spend more money than you earn less money than you earn Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: live …   Useful english dictionary

  • beyond your means — beyond (your) means too expensive for you. We bought a retirement home, but at first the repair work was beyond our means. Opposite of: within (your) means …   New idioms dictionary

  • live beyond your means — live beyond/within/your means phrase to have a way of life in which you spend more money than you earn less money than you earn Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: live …   Useful english dictionary

  • means — W2S2 [mi:nz] n plural means ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(method)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3 by all means! 4 by no means/not by any means 5 by means of something 6 a means to an end 7 the means of production ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • within means — within (your) means without spending more than the money you have. We need to reduce spending and live within our means. Opposite of: beyond (your) means …   New idioms dictionary

  • means — [ minz ] (plural means) noun *** 1. ) count a method for doing or achieving something: WAY: Information is not easily obtained by any other means. an effective means for finding qualified job applicants means of: What means of transportation is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • means — /mi:nz/ noun plural means 1 METHOD (C) a method, system, object etc that you use as a way of achieving a result (+ of): What would be the most effective means of advertising our product? | means of transport BrE /transportation AmE: We had no… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • means — noun 1 method of doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, convenient, effective, efficient, reliable, useful ▪ an effective means of mass communication ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • means — [[t]mi͟ːnz[/t]] ♦♦ 1) N COUNT: with supp A means of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it. Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use. The move is a means to fight crime... The army had… …   English dictionary

  • means */*/*/ — UK [miːnz] / US [mɪnz] noun Word forms means : singular means plural means 1) [countable] a method for doing or achieving something Information is not easily obtained by any other means. an effective means for finding qualified job applicants… …   English dictionary

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