Way

(wa.) [From A. S. weg.] (Naut.) The progre made by a ship through the water; thus when she is moving forward she is to make way; when stationary, to have no way.-WAYS AND MEANS. (Pol. Econ.) Financial resources available to meet the national expenditure; thus, when a legislative body is discu ing avote of supply for the public service, it is said to form itself into a committee of ways and means. [s. 953]