cash-strapped

See also: cash strapped

English

Etymology

From the expression strapped for cash.

Adjective

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

1. Without funds; low on or out of money.
   • 2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68:

     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.

Synonyms

• penniless

Translations

without funds

• Italian: a corto di soldi, al verde
• Russian: на мели (ru) (na meli) (idiomatic), без гроша (bez groša)

References

• “cash-strapped”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.