Sentence:  Mr. Clifton would have preferred death and bankruptcy to <WSD>having</WSD> his son stay with his wife 's people without contributing to his and his family 's upkeep , and besides that there were the things that had to be bought for the baby , milk and orange juice and vitamins and soap , just plain soap . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense