Meaning & use
fresh money
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Meanings
noununcountablebusinessfinance
Newly invested or newly borrowed money added to a business or project, rather than profits or existing funds.
Grammar: Uncountable; use with 'some' or no article: The company needs fresh money. Not 'a fresh money'.
Patterns
- raise fresh money
- inject fresh money into something
- attract fresh money
- need fresh money
The startup raised fresh money from investors to expand its operations.
The government injected fresh money into the struggling industry.
Without fresh money, the project will have to stop next month.
noununcountablebusinessfinance
Money that is newly earned or received, as opposed to money that has been saved or already spent.
Grammar: Often used in personal finance contexts to mean additional income.
Patterns
- fresh money coming in
- earn fresh money
She used fresh money from her new job to pay off her debts.
The charity relies on fresh money from donations each year.
Common combinations
- raise fresh money
- The firm plans to raise fresh money by selling shares.
- inject fresh money into
- The bank injected fresh money into the economy.
- attract fresh money
- The new tax policy is designed to attract fresh money to the region.
- need fresh money
- The hospital needs fresh money to buy new equipment.
Synonyms and how they differ
- new funding
- New funding is a broader term that can include grants and loans, while fresh money often implies additional capital.
- capital injection
- Capital injection is a formal term for a specific amount of money put into a company, often by an investor or government.
Opposites
Commonly confused: fresh money or new money?
fresh money vs new money
New money often refers to people who have recently become rich, while fresh money refers to funds newly added to a business.
Practice
The company needs to ___ fresh money to avoid bankruptcy.
Choose one answer.
You 'raise' money, meaning to collect or obtain it. 'Rise' means to go up and is intransitive, 'arise' means to happen, and 'make' money means to earn it, not to obtain new funds.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “fresh money”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.