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pursestrings

pursestrings noun: the means of restricting access to the financial resources. Also the plural of pursestring.

Noun

pursestrings

  1. (figuratively) The means of restricting access to the financial resources.
    • Parliament's power was derived from its control over the Kingdom's pursestrings.

Also used as

pursestrings is also the plural of pursestring.

Phrases with pursestrings

Questions about pursestrings

What does pursestrings mean?
Pursestrings means the means of restricting access to the financial resources.
What part of speech is pursestrings?
Pursestrings is a noun.

Words near pursestrings in the dictionary

  1. pursership
  2. purserships
  3. purses
  4. pursestring
  5. pursestring suture
  6. pursestrings
  7. pursevant
  8. pursevants
  9. pursew
  10. purseweb spider
  11. purseweb spiders

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