war chest

war chest
noun
a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)
• Topics: ↑politics, ↑political science, ↑government
• Hypernyms: ↑fund, ↑monetary fund

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noun
: a fund accumulated to finance a war; broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, or campaign

a war chest with which to finance its drive to unionize the steel industry — New York Times

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money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
[1900-05, Amer.]

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war chest noun
Funds set aside to pay for a war, political campaign, etc
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Main Entry: ↑war

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war chest UK US noun [countable] [singular war chest plural war chests] mainly journalism
money that a political party or a business has available to spend on something such as an election campaign or a business deal
Thesaurus: unspecified amounts of moneyhyponym large amounts of moneysynonym

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war chest,
a fund of money put aside to pay for the costs of some undertaking, especially a political campaign: »

In the current campaign businessmen are actively at work in a traditional role for them in politics—raising money for party war chests (Wall Street Journal).

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n. a reserve of funds used for fighting a war
■ a sum of money used for conducting a campaign or business

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noun, pl ⋯ chests [count]
1 : an amount of money that can be used by a government to pay for a war
2 : an amount of money intended for a specific purpose, action, or campaign

The candidate held fund-raising dinners to build up his war chest.

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ˈwar chest [war chest] noun
an amount of money that a government or an organization has available to spend on a particular plan, project, etc.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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