Dry powder and Payor: Difference between pages

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The party that issues a cheque.

Sometimes spelt 'payer'.

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+The party that issues a cheque.
-Dry powder means cash or near-cash kept on hand by an organisation to meet future financial obligations or other expenditure.
+Sometimes spelt 'payer'.
-. ''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 ==
-* [[Near cash]]
+* [[Cheque]] (US: check)
-* [[Reserves]]
+* [[Payments and payment systems]]
-[[Category:The_business_context]]
-[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
-[[Category:Investment]]
 [[Category:Cash_management]]
+[[Category:Liquidity_management]]