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CREDIT CRUNCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does credit crunch mean?
• CREDIT CRUNCH (noun)
The noun CREDIT CRUNCH has 1 sense:
1. a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
Familiarity information: CREDIT CRUNCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
credit crunch; liquidity crisis; squeeze
Hypernyms ("credit crunch" is a kind of...):
financial condition (the condition of (corporate or personal) finances)
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