Meaning & use
cash infusion
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Meaning
nouncountablebusinessfinance
a large amount of money suddenly put into a company, organization, or project to help it continue or grow.
Grammar: Countable: use an or an, and the plural cash infusions.
Patterns
- a cash infusion from someone
- receive a cash infusion
- need a cash infusion
The struggling airline received a cash infusion from the government.
Without a cash infusion, the startup would have closed.
The charity got a cash infusion from a wealthy donor.
Word forms
| plural | cash infusions |
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Common combinations
- receive a cash infusion
- The company received a cash infusion from investors.
- need a cash infusion
- The business needs a cash infusion to survive the winter.
- a cash infusion from someone
- They got a cash infusion from a private equity firm.
- provide a cash infusion
- The bank agreed to provide a cash infusion.
Synonyms and how they differ
- injection
- Injection is often used in the phrase cash injection, especially in British English, and is very similar in meaning.
- funding
- Funding is a general word for money provided for a purpose; a cash infusion suggests a sudden, often urgent, large amount.
- bailout
- A bailout is money given to save a failing company or country, often with a negative tone; a cash infusion is more neutral.
Word family
Commonly confused: cash infusion or cash flow?
cash infusion vs cash flow
Cash flow is the movement of money in and out of a business; a cash infusion is a single large amount of money coming in.
Practice
The startup was running out of money, so it urgently needed a ______.
Choose one answer.
A cash infusion is money put into a company from outside, which fits a startup in trouble. Cash generation is the money a company produces itself, which a struggling startup lacks.
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