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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Near-cash]]
* [[Near cash]]
* [[Reserves]]
* [[Reserves]]



Revision as of 10:38, 19 July 2019

1.

Dry powder means cash or near-cash kept on hand by an organisation to meet future financial obligations or other expenditure.


2. Mergers & acquisitions (M&A).

In context of M&A, dry powder means the amount of capital that is available to financial or strategic buyers for investment in strategic acquisitions, portfolio companies or add-on acquisitions.


See also