war chest
Noun
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Noun
war chest (plural war chests)
- A fund to finance a war
- the holdings of the state (the war chest plus other cash balances) - “The First World War”, Hew Strachan, Oxford University Press, 2003.
- (by extension) A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign
- French: trésor de guerre
- German: Kriegskasse
- German: Kriegskasse (informal)
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