MAKE (BOTH) ENDS MEET

Meaning of MAKE (BOTH) ENDS MEET in English

to earn just enough money to be able to buy the things you need :

Many families struggle to make ends meet.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — live within one's financial ability, spend only as much or less than one earns
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAKE (BOTH) ENDS MEET — ~ earn just enough money to live on. → end
Concise Oxford English vocab
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — See: MAKE ENDS MEET.
Slang English vocab
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — See: MAKE ENDS MEET.
Словарь английских идиом
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — сводить концы с концами
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — сводить концы с концами
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — обходиться своим доходом
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — свести концы с концами
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
MAKE BOTH ENDS MEET — свести концы с концами
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
MEET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOTH — ambi. BOTH - AND -: é ... é
English interlingue dictionary
MEET — I. ˈmēt, usu -ēd.+V verb ( met ˈmet, usu -ed.+V ; met ; meeting ; meets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOTH — I. ˈbōth adjective Etymology: Middle English bothe, bathe, from Old Norse bāthir, adjective & pron.; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENDS — plural of end present third singular of end
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEET — meet 1 — meeter , n. /meet/ , v. , met, meeting , n. v.t. 1. to come upon; come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKE — make 1 — makable , adj. /mayk/ , v. , made, making , n. v.t. 1. to bring into existence …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOTH — /bohth/ , adj. 1. one and the other; two together: He met both sisters. Both performances were canceled. pron. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEET — I. ˈmēt verb ( met ˈmet ; meet·ing ) Etymology: Middle English meten, from Old English mētan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKE — I. ˈmāk verb ( made ˈmād ; mak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English macian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOTH — I. ˈbōth pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English bothe, probably from Old Norse bāthir; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEET — adv meetly. 2. meet ·adj suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. 3. meet ·vt to come together with hostile purpose; …
Webster English vocab
MAKE — vt to be engaged or concerned in. 2. make ·noun a companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. …
Webster English vocab
BOTH — conj as well; not only; equally. 2. both (·adj or ·pron) the one and the other; the two; the pair, …
Webster English vocab
MEET — [meet] vb met ; meet.ing [ME meten, fr. OE metan; akin to OE gemot assembly--more at moot] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAKE — [make] vb made ; mak.ing [ME, fr. OE macian; akin to OHG mahhon to prepare, make, Gk magenai to be …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOTH — [both] pron, pl in constr [ME bothe, fr. ON bathir; akin to OHG beide both] (12c): the one as well …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEET — / miːt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( met , met / met; NAmE /) BY CHANCE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAKE — / meɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( made , made / meɪd; NAmE /) CREATE 1. make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOTH — / bəʊθ; NAmE boʊθ/ determiner , pronoun 1. used with plural nouns to mean 'the two' or 'the one as …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEET — I. meet 1 S1 W1 /miːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle met /met/) [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOTH — I. both 1 S1 W1 /bəʊθ $ boʊθ/ BrE AmE determiner , predeterminer , pronoun 1 . used to talk …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEET — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. met) 1 a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOTH — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. & pron. the two, not only one (both boys; both the boys; both of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEET — v. & n. v. (past and past part. met) 1 a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAKE — v. & n. v. (past and past part. made) 1 tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOTH — adj., pron., & adv. adj. & pron. the two, not only one (both boys; both the boys; both of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEET — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. met) 1. a tr. encounter (a person or persons) by accident …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. made) 1. tr. construct; create; form from parts or other substances (made …
Oxford English vocab
BOTH — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. & pron. the two, not only one (both boys; both the boys; both of the …
Oxford English vocab
MAKE — I. CARRYING OUT AN ACTION /meɪk/ ( makes, making, made) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEET — ( meets, meeting, met) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use both when you are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOTH — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ when you are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BOTH — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES both sexes (= both men and women ) ▪ People of both sexes buy her …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOTH — [predeterminer], determiner, [pronoun] - (referring to) two people or things togetherBoth my parents are journalists.Her interest in the newspaper business …
Cambridge English vocab
MEET — Synonyms and related words : Highland games, Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics, abide by, abut, accepted, accommodate, accommodate with, accommodated, accord, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOTH — See: CUT BOTH WAYS, PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES.
Slang English vocab
ENDS — Money. Example: I got no ends until Monday.
Slang English vocab
MEET — I. noun (esp. AmE ) ADJECTIVE ▪ gymnastics , race , swim , track ▪ hunt ( BrE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MEET — INDEX: 1. to meet someone who you have arranged to meet 2. to meet someone by chance 3. when you …
Longman Activator English vocab
ENDS — • ↑ make ends meet • ↑ odds and ends
Longman Activator English vocab
BOTH — INDEX: 1. what you say to talk about two people or things ◆◆◆ 1. what you say to talk about …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOTH — See: CUT BOTH WAYS, PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES.
Словарь английских идиом
ENDS — send dens
Anagrams English vocabulary
ENDS — Ends Segment
Computer Abbreviations English vocabulary
ENDS — END of Segment
Computer Acronyms English vocab
MEET — verb 1 BAD : Could you meet with me outside the station? GOOD : Could you meet me outside the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
BOTH — pronoun 1 BAD : Both of them have not apologized yet. GOOD : Neither of them has apologized yet. BAD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MEET — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - met 1) а) встречать meet up Syn : contact, encounter, see …
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