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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 the 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. | |||
The term originates from the historical use of gunpowder in the military. | |||
A reserve of dry gunpowder was essential to firing weapons. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Near cash]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Reserves]] | ||
[[Category:The_business_context]] | |||
[[Category:Corporate_finance]] | |||
[[Category:Investment]] | |||
[[Category:Cash_management]] | |||
Latest revision as of 08:27, 24 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 the 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.
The term originates from the historical use of gunpowder in the military.
A reserve of dry gunpowder was essential to firing weapons.
