cash strapped
Short on funds
Cash-strapped is an informal way to characterize someone or something that is experiencing a shortage of money.
It is usually followed by a noun that indicates the subject of the problem: A cash-strapped government is cutting services that are most needed by the poor.
- indebtedOwing thanks or money
- brokeLacking any funds
- living paycheck to paycheckEarning only enough for immediate expenses
- impecuniousHabitually without money
- hard upLacking money, in need
scraping by · making ends meet · penniless · insolvent · bankrupt · financial strain · moneyless · pinching pennies · counting every penny · destitute · impoverished · poverty-stricken · budgeting · deficit · liquidity · frugality · tight budget · austerity measures
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- spendersspendthrift, overspender, big spender, free spender, reckless spender