PURSE STRINGS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Financial resources or support

Example:

who controls the purse strings in this family?

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("purse strings" is a kind of...):

cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource (assets in the form of money)

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