29 March 2016
wherewithal
[hwair-with-awl, -with-, wair-]
noun
1. that with which to do something; means or supplies for the purpose or need, especially money:
the wherewithal to pay my rent.
adverb
2. by means of which; out of which.
3. Archaic. wherewith.
pronoun
4. wherewith.
Origin of wherewithal
1525-1535; where + withal
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Examples from the Web for wherewithal
Contemporary Examples
When the firm was failing, top executives assured the world that it had the wherewithal to survive.
Where’d Our Money Go?
Charlie Gasparino
February 10, 2009
“Even if you had the wherewithal to embarrass a reporter, there was no mechanism to do it,” Mr. Cramer said.
Richard Ben Cramer Dies at 62
Justin Green
January 7, 2013
Those who have the wherewithal to shop online with greater ease and frequency have a greater ability to avoid sales taxes.
Three Cheers for the Internet Tax!
Daniel Gross
April 23, 2013
Anagram
threw awhile
whiter whale
Today’s quote
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
– Harper Lee
On this day
29 March 1946 – birth of Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian rock legend. Front man for ‘Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs’. Died 28 February 2007.
29 March 1971 – Charles Manson and three of his followers are sentenced to death for the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. California abolished the death penalty in 1972, before the death sentences could be carried out. Even though California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, Manson is still held in prison.
29 March 1971 – A court martial finds Lieutenant Calley guilty of murder for his role in the massacre of 500 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. Calley had been in charge of Charlie Company, 11th Infantry Brigade, which had raped, maimed, assaulted and murdered civilians living in My Lai. Calley was the only one of 26 members of Charlie Company to be convicted. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but on the instructions of President Richard Nixon the following day was released to house arrest at Fort Benning, Georgia. During this time his sentence was cut to 10 years and he was paroled, only having served three and a half years while under house arrest. Many people protested the sentencing, claiming he was a scapegoat. Others were horrified that he was the only one in the chain of command to be charged and convicted.
29 March 1973 – America’s direct involvement in the Vietnamese War ends with the withdrawal of last USA troops from South Vietnam.