" wherewithal "

 [ "wherewithal" ]

1: The means in which to do something, the moxy, the compassion (closest comparison the balls)

  * e.g.,  ... James has the wherewithal to try to make it as an actor so after the graduation he left home and headed for California. 

 [ "Wherewithal" ]

1: To have common sense about one’s self.

  * e.g.,  ... I didn’t have the wherewithal to collect my things before I got kicked out. 

 [ "wherewithall" ]

1: The neccesary means, often the financial means.

  * e.g.,  ... Fry- I'm pretty sure I didn't do it; I just don't have the wherewithall to defend myself. 

 [ "wherewithall" ]

1: See wherewithal (in any standard dictionary)

  * e.g.,  ... I didn't have the wherewithall (sic) to pay for dinner. 

 [ "wherewithall" ]

1: A word used to describe everything and anything. (See Pafoofnik) If you don't know Who, What, When, Where, Why, or what for, use a wherewithall.

  * e.g.,  ... "John's description of that color as gloopy was a wherewithall." 

 [ "wherewithal" ]

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

  * e.g.,  ... they lacked the wherewithal to pay