0 not having enough money:
cash-strapped universities
1 used to describe a person or organization that does not have enough money:
As we know, local authorities in many areas—rich or poor—are cash-strapped; that is why the council tax has been going up so much.
Will cash-strapped local authorities be expected to put up large amounts of money to match lottery finance for arts and sports projects?
This money has to be found from the already cash-strapped national budgets.
What assurances can he give, especially to cash-strapped local authorities, that reform programmes will be properly resourced?
I have been told that some cash-strapped hospitals a:re desperate and are asking their consultants to seek out friends who might be fundholders.
This money needs to be found from the already cash-strapped national budgets.
Increasingly, it is being left to cash-strapped local authorities to keep open such routes, which can be lifelines.
They now find themselves in a grotesque game of pass the buck as cash-strapped health authorities and local authorities shunt responsibility back and forth.