Fry is easily persuaded to make the payment, not having the wherewithal to defend himself. Officials upon leaving their posts discover they have no wherewithal to support their households. Historically, debt restructuring has been the province of large corporations with financial wherewithal. Their properties passed into the hands of elites who had the wherewithal to buy them. We did not have the wherewithal to deal with these people. As an honest shopkeeper, he deserves the wherewithal to provide for himself and his son. Pakistan had promised one shipload of the wherewithal every 10 days in coming months. Even the wherewithal to run the school was not available. Literally "Military Wherewithal" (); northwestern part of Hubei.