firepower
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- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌpaʊər/
- Specialized
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capacidad financiera
- And so they went the opposite way, loading up on high-level talent via trade (and one large trade exception) in hopes of simply acquiring enough firepower to overcome some awkward positional issues that could crop up against San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Miami.
- fundraising firepower
- financial firepower
- legal firepower
So I decided, you know, obviously we need more firepower.
- So I decided, you know, obviously we need more firepower.
Examples
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And with cash flow more than tripling in the second quarter, to 3 billion kronor, Electrolux has investment firepower.
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At this point, although I'm sure India has some real pockets of economic firepower (Bangalore, Mumbai), there certainly seemed to be much more poverty there than in urban China.
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I certainly believe that agencies have the creative firepower to develop these services and productize them.
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Second, national governments have more financial firepower than do the multilateral institutions.
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This financial firepower could establish mondragons nationwide through any number of strategies.
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So, Madam Deputy Speaker, we're using the full measure of our fiscal firepower to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people.
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Adelson still has a lot of firepower, and Citizens United is unlikely to be repealed any time soon.
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All of these industry sectors share some common themes: rapid growth, serving very large and dynamic markets, and managements that provide the necessary entrepreneurial firepower to build successful companies.
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And they are backed up by the academic firepower of Mike Woodford, who wrote the book on New Keynesian economics, and has come out in a big way in favor of more monetary easing.
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The company is increasing its financial firepower to support major acquisitions next year.
Synonyms
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Money available to spend for a specific purpose
How Much Capital
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
In business, firepower borrows the war image: fire ('to shoot') and power ('strength') become a picture of money and credit used like weapons. So, business firepower is the cash or credit a company can use to buy things, invest, or outbid rivals.