cash crisis
noun[C]
ukuspluralcash crises(alsoinformalcash crunch)FINANCE,ECONOMICS
asituationin which acompany,country, etc. does not have enoughmoneyavailableto do the things it usually does:
Thecasinooperatorsaid lastweekthat itfacedacashcrisisafter anambitiousplantoopena Las Vegasresortbackfired.