war chest
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4.9
- noun
- /wɔr tʃɛst/
:
fondo de campaña
- Though they need the money less than the challengers do, it is not irrational for them to build campaign war chests.
- build a war chest
- large war chest
I've got that nice war chest so I can get more market share.
- I've got that nice war chest so I can get more market share.
- And, and they're the vast majority of their campaign war chests now come from lobbyists, corporate lobbyists.
- And it's also quite difficult to stand for political office if you don't have what they call a war chest.
- It's basically they're taking away his war chest.
Examples
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His rise to power was based not on a large campaign war chest or the unwavering endorsement of his political party.
Blog text (14) -
The Republican committee will report $24.5M in its war chest, compared to $22.92M for the Democrats.
Blog text (33) -
So I would have a war chest or a fund I that I would call a matching fund.
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Labor places $400 million in the Democrats' war chest, and what do they get in return?
Blog text (23) -
Political experts went into this electoral season assuming that an early "war chest" would be the key to success.
Blog text (32) -
As in the case of most incumbents, all of the winners had healthy war chests.
Academic text (2004) -
Rice has donated $100,000 to his campaign, but 72 percent of his campaign war chest represents the contributions of individuals.
Blog text (31) -
A large "war chest," itself an indication of electoral prowess and prestige, might scare away challengers.
Academic text (1998) -
He's supremely self-confident, personally wealthy, and already has his own formidable campaign war chest.
Blog text (24) -
The candidate successfully built a substantial war chest to fund his political campaign.
Synonyms
913
1.8
Money saved or set aside for a specific purpose
61
4.3
A sum of money given as a prize or for a specific purpose
9
5.5
Money that someone has to use for gambling or to fund a project
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4.1
Money set aside to pay for future costs or emergencies
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5.8
Money that a government, bank, or company keeps for future needs
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun compound combines 'war' (campaign/struggle) with 'chest' (a container or store), so a learner can infer a stored reserve related to a campaign. However, mapping this to the specific financial meaning—i.e., a fund set aside for political or military campaigning—requires recognizing a figurative extension of 'chest' as 'funds' and the metaphorical use of 'war', so the relation is not fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
War chest comes from a literal chest where leaders kept money to pay for war needs. That's why today it means 'money kept aside' for a big effort, like a political campaign or a business fight.