money on hand
Example Sentences
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With less money on hand, businesses are limiting wage growth, pausing hiring and shedding employees, which means workers have less to spend, continuing the vicious cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Even if these fixes only generate a small bit of cash, they'll provide a psychological boost to have a little more money on hand than you did before.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
Willersdorf refers to this urge to keep spending, despite having less money on hand, as “lifestyle creep.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023
A drop in deposits, he said, would mean banks have less money on hand to make loans.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023
I should, thereby, be always informed of the sum of money on hand here, and the probable expectations of supply.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
