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dear money

 
 
noun [U] (also tight money)

Definition

ECONOMICS, FINANCE money that is expensive to borrow, because the rate of interest is high: Even allowing for inflation, that is dear money.
(Definition of dear money noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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