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What does Dry Powder mean?

A slang term for cash reserves kept on hand by a company or venture capital firm to be used for future investment opportunities or to cover unexpected needs.

Dry Powder in a sentence
The venture capital firm had a lot of Dry Powder, meaning they had ample cash reserves ready to deploy for new investments.

Dry Powder in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Trockenes Pulver
also Investitionskapital

Verfügbares Kapital, das noch nicht investiert wurde.

French
Poudre sèche
also Capitaux disponibles

Réserves de liquidités non encore investies.

Spanish
Pólvora seca
also Capital disponible

Reservas de efectivo listas para ser invertidas.

Italian
Polvere da sparo asciutta
also Capitale disponibile

Capitale liquido non ancora impiegato in investimenti.

Synonyms and opposites for Dry Powder

  • Synonym Cash reserves
  • Synonym Uncommitted capital

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