Dry-powder Definition

noun

A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire.

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(finance) Cash (cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.

Private equity firms were sitting on more than $1 trillion in dry powder at the end of 2011.
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Used other than as an idiom: see dry,‎ powder.

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Noun

Singular:
dry-powder
Plural:
dry powders

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