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Idiom

deep pockets

Meaning

An ample supply of money, especially money which one is willing to spend; the possessor of such money.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The company has deep pockets and can afford the new project.”

“We need a partner with deep pockets to fund this expensive research for the next few years.”

“Only a firm with deep pockets could hope to survive the economic downturn while continuing to invest heavily in new infrastructure.”

Examples

simple

“The company has deep pockets and can afford the new project.”

contextual

“We need a partner with deep pockets to fund this expensive research for the next few years.”

complex

“Only a firm with deep pockets could hope to survive the economic downturn while continuing to invest heavily in new infrastructure.”

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