Take this line from a Moody's report when it downgraded Drew University in New Jersey in 2012: "The rating is based on persistent operating deficits and thin cash-flow driven by a decline in enrollment and net tuition per student coupled with rising debt service payments and transition of several key members of university leadership".
But because the polymer notes will be thinner, cash machines will be able to stock more, and operators say the machines will be less likely to jam.
That Deutsche Bank, which has one of the thinner cash cushions among its peers, may face a fine of billions of dollars from regulators in the United States has given investors extra incentive to add to their negative bets.
Shares rallied briefly when Deutsche said it had sold a British insurance unit, but the prospect of a fine of billions of dollars from regulators in the United States has only added to negative sentiment — especially as it has one of the thinner cash cushions among its peers.
It hasn't been easy ― weddings "are an especially big business" in Turkey, Yorulmaz explains ― and people in Van are stretched thin for cash as it is.
When it was Dave Petersen's turn, a woman handed him a yellow ticket and a thin stack of cash.
Alas, she has none and, as their patience wears thin and her cash runs low, her 'freak-out' looks increasingly like a full-on nervous breakdown.
It is never too much of a chore following the racing on Channel 4. As anyone who watches a fair bit of daytime television will tell you, after the thin gruel of Cash In The Attic, Alan Titchmarsh and endless adverts for reclaiming Payment Protection Insurance and then handing big chunks of it over to ambulance chasers, Channel 4's Cheltenham Festival week is a feast.
But then comes "Aloha Oe": not a simple song by any means, but a carefree one, with Mr. Cash thinning and sweetening his voice to match the slack-key guitar played by Cowboy Jack Clement.
Still, many caution that the recovery has been uneven and profit margins at most major carriers remain razor-thin, leaving little cash available for new aircraft purchases in the near term.
