private means

Noun

Meaning

A reasonable degree of wealth.
He was a well-travelled man of private means.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private,‎ means.

Examples

He is not there on business since he appears to have private means. Source: Internet

He does not appear to have a job and is described as having private means although he describes himself as "a traveling salesman in wines and spirits." Source: Internet

The historian Loren J. Samons II argues, however, that Pericles had enough resources to make a political mark by private means, had he so chosen. Source: Internet

The party also confiscated all private means of transportation. Source: Internet

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