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cash-strapped

cash-strapped adjective: without funds; low on or out of money.

Adjective

cash-strapped (comparative more cash-strapped, superlative most cash-strapped)

  1. Without funds; low on or out of money.
    • As the number of successful business cases increases, there will be a need for external funding with the Treasury cash-strapped in the post-COVID period.2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68
    Synonyms:
    penniless

Synonyms of cash-strapped

Forms of cash-strapped

comparativemore cash-strapped
superlativemost cash-strapped

Origin of cash-strapped

From the expression strapped for cash.

Questions about cash-strapped

What does cash-strapped mean?
Cash-strapped means without funds; low on or out of money.
What part of speech is cash-strapped?
Cash-strapped is an adjective.

Words near cash-strapped in the dictionary

  1. Cash-Karp method
  2. cash-out
  3. cash-outs
  4. cash-poor
  5. cash-starved
  6. cash-strapped
  7. cashability
  8. cashable
  9. cashapona
  10. cashaponas
  11. CashApp

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