If you say that you have the wherewithal to buy a house, what you are saying is that you have the means to do it. In other words, you have the money to buy one. In most cases, the word is used to refer to funds. The stress is on the first syllable.
*The wherewithal was sent to our factory in Hyderabad to produce spurious drugs.
Source: S. Upendran, The Hindu ‘Know Your English’ Series, March 20, 2006
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