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It is the person who have a say on the payment

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Q: What does the phrase'control the purse strings' mean?
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What are some idioms that mean cheap?

chained purse strings


What are the ratings and certificates for Purse Strings - 1933?

Purse Strings - 1933 is rated/received certificates of: UK:A


What does keep a tight hold on the purse strings mean?

Create yourself a workable budget and stick to it.


What is the origin of the idiom to control the purse strings?

The ​spending of ​money by a ​family, ​company, or ​country.ExampleA ​recent ​survey ​showed that in 62 ​percent of ​families, women ​control the purse ​strings.


What holds the nation's purse strings?

Unfortunately, many entities hold a nation's purse strings. Though the US Treasury is in partial control over physical aspects of currency and coins, The US Congress sets the laws for hundreds to thousands of Federal spending programs, including the military's pay and benefits. So it is more like everyone is fighting over those "purse strings".


What is the concept of ecotourism?

The tourist is spending discretionary funds, give them what they want, and they will open their purse strings.


Why is congress the strongest branch in government?

What give Congress so much power is that they control the purse strings.


What does it mean when someone always let you hold her purse?

that they trust you with their purse


How do you say the word pures in french?

Did you mean "purse"? A purse is 'un sac' (masc). My purse is 'mon sac'.


What does tight purses of their lips mean?

This is a comparison between your lips and a purse, which is a drawstring bag usually used to hold someone's money. When you draw up the strings to close a purse, it looks a lot like someone's mouth if they are closing their lips like an "O" or as if they were going to kiss someone.


Is a purse a common noun?

It is common noun except when it is proper noun (January 6th 1562, at St. Mary at Hill; and on September 25th 1569, the marriage of Georgius Purse to Margata Rumforth took place at St. Andrew's, Enfield.), or a verb (Can the baby purse his lips?) or an adjective (The government will not loosen its purse strings))


Why are more battery powered cars not being produced?

Because the guys who control the oil also control the businesses and the Federal purse strings.