1. a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high; [syn: credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
credit crunch
n 1: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to
businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn:
credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze]