war chest

noun — 2 senses

war chest

noun

1

Business, Finance, Government, Military, Politics, War A fund to finance a war.

[…]the holdings of the state (the war chest plus other cash balances)[…]2003, Hew Strachan, The First World War, Oxford University Press:

2

Broadly A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign.

Related terms: fighting fund

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