cash-starved
adjective[usually before noun]
ukusFINANCE
used todescribeanorganizationthat does not have enoughmoney,especiallybecause it has not been given enough by agovernment:
The cash-starvedhospitalfacesfinancialfailure.
单词 | cash-starved |
释义 | cash-starved adjective[usually before noun] ukusFINANCE used todescribeanorganizationthat does not have enoughmoney,especiallybecause it has not been given enough by agovernment: The cash-starvedhospitalfacesfinancialfailure. Examplesofcash-starvedcash-starved At the heart of this diagnostic chart is one factor which is re-establishing itself, in an increasingly resource-conscious andcash-starvedworld, as a moral virtue in its own right. From theCambridge English Corpus It is clear that the promise of tax-free returns on felling many years in the future holds little attraction to thecash-starvedlandowner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As if the local authority settlement were not bad enough, the existing problems ofcash-starvedservices endure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will that money be new, or will it be diverted from anothercash-starvedprogramme? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a two-tier system with profit-led care for the haves and an inferiorcash-starvedservice for the have-nots. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We consider it scandalous that practices can make £190,000 or £280,000 in profit from fund holding whencash-starvedhospitals are freezing waiting lists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They want to pretend that the poor, the homeless and thecash-starvedschools and hospitals do not exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are suggesting that they have no responsibility whatever in these matters and it is thecash-starved local authorities which should pick up the burdens all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That fails to recognise the way in which the transport authorities arecash-starvedby central government and are unable to take on a role of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Highways are being detrunked and the financing is being transferred tocash-starvedcounty councils, which are already putting up council tax by more than three times the rate of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Had the funding not been raised, thecash-starvedrailroad would have shut down. From Wikipedia ![]() Cash-starveddistrict health authorities are forced into deals with private health care companies to finance new buildings and equipment that they otherwise could not afford. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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