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Dry Powder

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Dry Powder
Informal; a term for cash reserves, especially to cover unforeseen, future obligations. In personal finance, dry powder can also refer to low-risk liquid assets that can be converted to cash with minimal effort. The term is associated often with venture capital, when it refers to keeping ventures funded in a downturn, and with home building, when it refers to a reserve used to buy real estate when the market is favorable. The term derives from the need for dry gunpowder in the heat of battle in early modern warfare.


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Nearby factory workers tackled the fire using a dry powder fire extinguisher and a member of the public pulled the girl to safety.
The vaccine, the first of its kind, uses an dry powder which is inhaled to administer a weakened measles virus to the lungs.
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