Deep Pockets

If some person or some company has “deep pockets” it means they have a lot of money.

This term is usually used when someone is trying to describe a person or a company who has the ability to invest a lot of money.

“Rich” is used when someone has a lot of money to spend. “Deep pockets” is used when someone has a lot of money to invest to make their business grow bigger.

Here are 2 great examples which explain the meaning of “deep pockets”

It’s hard for a small software company to compete against Microsoft because Microsoft has such “deep pockets“.

Or…

Our company can’t afford to spend millions of dollars on marketing and advertising because we’re quite small and we don’t have deep pockets.