war chest
noun [C] FINANCE, POLITICSDefinition
› a large amount of money that a company or a government keeps for a particular purpose: build/have/raise a war chest The retail group has raised a $1.6 billion war chest to fund its expansion plans. a campaign/election war chest
(Definition of war chest noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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