Pecuniary ability, means, resources; possessions, property. singular and plural. Also attributive, as in faculty tax.

Means, resources; agency, intercession, influence exerted on behalf of another. Cf. moyen, n.1

Means, resources. Also occasionally in plural. Cf. mean, n.3 6. Obsolete.

Opportunity, esp. of an unlimited kind, to do something; capability, ability, provision; an instance of this. Also with for, of.

In plural. Resources available for carrying out something, achieving some objective, etc.; spec.… With plural or indeterminate agreement.

A means of supplying a deficiency or need; something that is a source of help, information, strength, etc.

Inherent vigour or vitality; power, strength, capacity. plural. Resources. Now chiefly Scottish.

= wherewithal, adv. 2c, which is more usual.

In early use in plural used collectively (cf. senses 1 and 2): resources. In later use usually as a count noun: a thing, person, quality, etc…

transferred and figurative (esp. of mental equipment and resources). Also attributive.

Preceded by the definite (rarely the indefinite) article, which qualifies the omitted or implied antecedent: (a) followed by infinitive with to =…

In plural. slang (North American in later use). Necessaries, means, belongings, supplies; esp. the portable property of a mountaineer, trapper…

bag of bones: an emaciated living being. the whole bag of tricks: every expedient, everything (in allusion to the fable of ‘the Fox and the Cat’)…

Something which is possible, as opposed to actual; capacity for growth, achievement, future development or use; resources able to be used or…