金きん力りょく

noun

monetary power; financial clout

Refers to the influence or strength that comes from having money. Often used in contexts discussing economic or political leverage.

• 彼かれは金きん力りょくで政せい界かいに影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

  He used his financial power to influence the political world.

• 金きん力りょくに物ものを言いわせて土と地ちを買かい占しめた。

  They bought up the land by throwing their money around.