cash-strapped in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the expression strapped for cash.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more cash-strapped",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most cash-strapped",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cash-strapped (comparative more cash-strapped, superlative most cash-strapped)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without funds; low on or out of money."
      ],
      "id": "en-cash-strapped-en-adj--sMSafuv",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penniless"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "without funds",
          "word": "a corto di soldi"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "without funds",
          "word": "al verde"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "na meli",
          "sense": "without funds",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "на мели"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bez groša",
          "sense": "without funds",
          "word": "без гроша"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cash-strapped"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the expression strapped for cash.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more cash-strapped",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most cash-strapped",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cash-strapped (comparative more cash-strapped, superlative most cash-strapped)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without funds; low on or out of money."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "penniless"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without funds",
      "word": "a corto di soldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without funds",
      "word": "al verde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na meli",
      "sense": "without funds",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "на мели"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bez groša",
      "sense": "without funds",
      "word": "без гроша"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cash-strapped"
}

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"cash-strapped" meaning in English

Adjective

Alternative forms