Definition of make ends meet

make ends meet

verb

• to be able to pay one's bills.

  We're going to have trouble making ends meet this month.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'end':
*ss-end of space	Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
at (one's) wit's end	Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
at the end of (one's) rope	Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
back end	Definitions include: the anus.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
bell end	Definitions include: a foolish person.
business end, the	Definitions include: the functional end, especially of a tool.
dead end	Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
end	Definitions include: To kill something, especially murder. "Tony got pissed off at Big Al's bullshit and ended him."
end of	Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
end of the line	Definitions include: the last part of something.
ends	Definitions include: money.
EOB	Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
EOD	Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day."
EOF	Definitions include: acronym for "end of file".
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Other terms relating to 'make':
baby maker	Definitions include: a penis.
dookie maker	Definitions include: buttocks.
go make me a sandwich	Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female.
go to the office, make a deposit, and do some paperwork	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
haste makes waste.	Definitions include: rushing leads to mistakes.
KAMU	Definitions include: "kiss and make up".
love making	Definitions include: sex.
make	Definitions include: to identify or recognize.
make a 180	Definitions include: to make a 180.
make a butt of (one's self)	Definitions include: to embarrass one's self.
make a butt trumpet	Definitions include: to fart loudly.
make a delivery	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
make a dent in	Definitions include: to make progress towards.
make a deposit	Definitions include: to defecate.
make airtight	Definitions include: see airtight.
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Other terms relating to 'meet':
cat meets dog	Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts.
instructional meeting	Definitions include: At my office, when the supervisor and some other CSRs are going to get buzzed, we call an instructional meeting over the PA.
meet and greet	Definitions include: an event for (usually business) networking.
meeting	Definitions include: Industrial Waste
safety meeting	Definitions include: a break in the workday when employees gather to ingest drugs.
Sunday go-to-meeting clothes	Definitions include: nice clothes.
topless meeting	Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog:

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