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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.
