bottom dollar
Final financial resource
Bottom dollar refers to one's last remaining money, the final resource.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in bet your bottom dollar, meaning to be absolutely certain: You can bet your bottom dollar she'll be there.
The image is of a stack of coins—if you'd wager even the one at the very bottom, you have complete confidence.
Risked stake on outcome
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- convictionFirmly held belief
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
sureness · assurance · faith · trust · belief · certainty · pledge · promise
Saved money for later
- reserveSupply kept back
- emergency fundReserve for unexpected expenses
- rainy day fundMoney saved for emergencies
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
safety net · lifeline · stash · cushion · buffer · stockpile · retirement fund
bet
Risked stake on outcome
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- convictionFirmly held belief
confidence · sureness · assurance · faith · trust · belief · certainty · pledge · promise · commitment
nest egg
Saved money for later
- reserveSupply kept back
- emergency fundReserve for unexpected expenses
- rainy day fundMoney saved for emergencies
fallback · safety net · lifeline · stash · cushion · buffer · stockpile · retirement fund
last
Final in sequence
end · only · sole · terminal · concluding · extreme · desperate · conclusive · utmost · farthest
- money idiomsarm and a leg, break the bank, penny pincher, cheapskate, tightwad
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- pricingpricing, discount price, overpricing, discounts, overcharge
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
bottom dollarspare change
Extra coins on hand
disposable income · surplus funds · top dollar · money to burn · pocket change
bottom dollarspare change
Extra coins on hand
small potatoes · pocket change · petty cash · loose change · two cents
bottom, dollar, bottoms, bottomed, bottoming, bottomless, dollars