purse strings
Example Sentences
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The policy at corporate was the Customer Is Always Right, though the customer was not usually the resident but the relatives who controlled the purse strings.
From Literature
Medicare Advantage has been adjusting to tighter government purse strings for some time.
Economists believe consumers continued to tighten their purse strings in October.
From Barron's
Shares in Dollar General gained, after the low-price retailer issued earnings and lifted its forecast for full-year sales growth, reflecting that American households are tightening their purse strings.
In recent years, consumers in the eurozone have faced multiple deterrents to loosening their purse strings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
