Usually means: Cover necessary expenses with income.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word make ends meet:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. make ends meet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. make ends meet: Merriam-Webster
  3. make ends meet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. make ends meet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. make ends meet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. make ends meet: Wiktionary
  7. make ends meet: Dictionary.com
  8. Make ends meet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. make ends meet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Make ends meet: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make ends meet: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make ends meet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make ends meet: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. make ends meet: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make ends meet: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (make ends meet)

verb:  (idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

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