Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; 
- Example: "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"- Example: "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"- Example: "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"- Example: "found themselves in a bad way financially"[syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hard put
    adj 1: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty;
           "distressed companies need loans and technical advice";
           "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering
           their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage
           payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
           [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad
           way(p)]