wherewithal - the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.

wherewithal

 

noun

1. the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.

   "they lacked the wherewithal to pay"

   synonyms:

   money, ready money, cash, capital, finance(s), resources, funds, reserves;  means,ability, capability;  informaldough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, the necessary, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy, scratch, stuff, oof; informaldosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers;  informaldinero, greenbacks,simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma;  informalOscar;  informalsplosh, green, tin; datedl.s.d.;  informalkale, rocks, shinplasters;  archaicpelf "she had the wherewithal to buy anything which took her fancy"