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[ adjective ] facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

Examples

"the troubled car industry" "distressed companies need loans and technical advice" "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices" "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payme

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[ adjective ] facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty

Examples

"the troubled car industry" "distressed companies need loans and technical advice" "financially hard-pressed hotels are lowering their prices" "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"

Used in print

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

Local school districts are hard_pressed financially and unenthusiastic about vocational training .

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