credit crunch

1. 1.

   a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

   Synonymsliquidity crisissqueeze

   Broaderfinancial condition

Questions about credit crunch

What does credit crunch mean?

credit crunch means "a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high".

What is another word for credit crunch?

Close synonyms include liquidity crisis, squeeze. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.