dry powder

English

Noun

dry powder (countable and uncountable, plural dry powders)

A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire
(finance) cash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.
Private equity firms were sitting on more than $1 trillion in dry powder at the end of 2011.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see dry,‎ powder.

Translations

powder from a fire extinguisher

German: Löschpulver n

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