Meaning of HARD PUT

Pronunciation:			hârd pût
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "the troubled car industry"; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"
	Synonyms:		distressed, hard-pressed, in a bad way(p), in trouble(p), troubled