Usually means: Control over financial resources, spending.
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  1. hold the purse strings: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold the purse strings: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hold the purse strings: Wiktionary
  4. hold the purse strings: Dictionary.com

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  1. hold the purse strings: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (hold the purse strings)

verb:  (idiomatic, colloquial) To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.

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