war-chest

war chest

noun
money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

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war chest
 
—n
a fund collected for a specific purpose, such as an election campaign

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war chest definition


  1. n.
    a political campaign fund. : They say the vice president has more than one million dollars in his war chest.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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