cash-strapped

From the expression strapped for cash.

cash-strapped (comparative more cash-strapped, superlative most cash-strapped)

1. Without funds; low on or out of money.
   • 2020 December 16, Industry Insider, “Rail's prospects turn full circle”, in Rail, page 68:

     As the number of successful business cases increases, there will be a need for external funding with the Treasury cash-strapped in the post-COVID period.

• penniless

• “cash-strapped”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.