If you say that you are pressed for time or pressed for money, you mean that you do not have enough time or money at the moment.
Are you pressed for time, Mr Bayliss? If not, I suggest we have lunch. [+ for]
2. See also hard-pressed
pressed in British English
(prɛst)
adjective
having very little of something, esp time or money
severely pressed for cash
We are pressed for time.
Are you pressed for time? If not, perhaps we could have lunch.
Examples of 'pressed' in a sentence
pressed
Shelves of paper pressed in on them: charge-sheets, witness reports, pamphlets: they were surrounded by officialdom.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
Tashko's face was expressionless as his thumb expertly pressed a nerve against bone.
Jack Higgins THE KEYS OF HELL (2002)
In other languages
pressed
British English: pressed ADJECTIVE
If you say that you are pressed for time or pressed for money, you mean that you do not have enough time or money at the moment.
Are you pressed for time? If not, I suggest we have lunch.
American English: pressed
Brazilian Portuguese: apertado
Chinese: 紧缺的
European Spanish: escaso
French: à court
German: unter Druck
Italian: a corto di
Japanese: >足りないお金・時間が
Korean: ~가 충분하지 않은
European Portuguese: apertado
Latin American Spanish: escaso
All related terms of 'pressed'
press
If you press something somewhere , you push it firmly against something else.
cold-pressed
(of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut , or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
hard-pressed
If someone is hard-pressed , they are under a great deal of strain and worry , usually because they have not got enough money.
pressed duck
the breast and legs of a roast duck served with a sauce made from juices obtained by squeezing the remaining parts in a special press
pressed felt
Pressed felt is a material made from compressed fibers and used as a filter .
pressed glass
molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold
press on
If you press on or press ahead , you continue with a task or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any problems or difficulties to delay you.
re-press
to press again; esp., to make new copies of (a recording ) from the original master
hot press
a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
bench press
a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight , then lowers it again
to be pressed into service
To press someone or something into service means to use them temporarily for a particular purpose.