purse string

The other, until fairly recently, held the purse strings and the power.

They've got the purse strings, so we do what they say.

The people who own the company - the ones whose money is being used - need to have control over the purse strings.

Her husband has two jobs and now controls the family's purse strings.

A future where we hold the purse strings on all those who matter.

She held the purse strings on a fat insurance policy.

Power usually ends up in the hands of those who hold the purse strings.

She'd always kept a very tight hold on the purse strings.

The show already has a powerful claim on the purse strings.

It all had to do with purse strings, I suppose.