strain

verb [T] (MONEY)

/streɪn/

Definition

C2 to cause too much of something to be used, especially money: Increases in wholesale oil prices have strained the company's finances.

(Definition of strain verb (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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