cash-strapped

British

adjective

short of money; impoverished

cash-strapped local authorities

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cash-strapped

But there is little sign that either the cash-strapped national or city council will able to raise this kind of money.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

But the straight-talking 42-year-old El-Sayed pledged to help cash-strapped voters navigate America's fractured, for-profit health care system.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

But how Britain’s cash-strapped government will pay for that remains a mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is cutting prices across a range of popular products in Europe, including the Billy bookcase and Kallax storage units, to woo cash-strapped customers.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

With stagnant wages and booming consumption, the cash-strapped American masses had a virtually unlimited demand for loans but an uncertain ability to repay them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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