dry powder
Arid particulate substance
Dry powder is cash or liquid assets held in reserve, ready to deploy when opportunity arises.
The term comes from keeping gunpowder dry so it fires when needed.
In finance and business, it typically refers to funds available for investment or acquisition: The private equity firm has $2 billion in dry powder.
Having dry powder means being positioned to act quickly when markets dip or deals emerge.
Wealth used for investment
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- cash reservesAccessible money stockpile
- war chestAccumulated resources for conflict
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
private equity · buyouts · acquisitions · leverage · assets · treasury · backing · endowment
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
savings · nest egg · surplus · inventory · provisions · emergency funds · rainy day · buffer
capital
Wealth used for investment
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- cash reservesAccessible money stockpile
- war chestAccumulated resources for conflict
venture capital · private equity · buyouts · acquisitions · leverage · assets · treasury · backing · endowment · portfolio
stockpile
Accumulated reserve supply
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
resources · savings · nest egg · surplus · inventory · provisions · emergency funds · rainy day · buffer · contingency
- fire suppressantsfoam, water spray, carbon dioxide, CO2, halon
- Hedge Fundsoffshore fund, management fee, high water mark, hurdle rate, NAV
- private equityleveraged buyout, leveraged buyouts, LBO, buyouts, general partner
- startup fundingseed round, venture capital, angel investment, angel investors, seed funding
dry powderliquid
Free-flowing substance
paste · solution · slurry · solid block · slush
dry powderunpreparedness
Lacking readiness beforehand
caught off guard · defenseless · spent · tapped out · overextended
dry, powder, drier, dryer, dries, dried, drying, drily, dryly