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beyond means

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beyond one's means
more than one can afford. I'm sorry, but this house is beyond our means. Please show us a cheaper one. They feel that a Caribbean cruise is beyond their means.
See also: beyond, mean

beyond your means also beyond the means of somebody
too expensive for you We bought a retirement home, but at first the repair work was beyond our means.
Opposite of: within your means
See also: beyond, mean


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Looking beyond means looking to this summer, when power usage normally soars with the temperatures.
Nolan (1990), Drucker (1991), and Schlesinger and Heskett (1991), among others, insist that survival in the information economy of the 1990s and beyond means organizing for innovation, productivity, and competitiveness.
 
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