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smart money

noun

smart money

1. money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors, esp with inside information
2. the gamblers or investors themselves
money paid in order to extricate oneself from an unpleasant situation or agreement, esp from military service
money paid by an employer to someone injured while working for him
law damages awarded to a plaintiff where the wrong was aggravated by fraud, malice, etc

First recorded in 1685–95

Ohio governor and smart money 2016 GOP hopeful just complimented Obamacare, and said a repeal isn't happening.

The smart money is betting that the baby could be born around April 1.

After all, the smart money says any controversial action is considered a loser in an election year.

However, if asked to bet whether right-wing apoplexy will grow or shrivel, the smart money obviously has to say the former.

If the world is going to change at some point in the future, the smart money says, why not adjust your portfolio accordingly?

Smart, smrt, n. quick, stinging pain of body or mind: smart-money: a dandy.

I've got a right smart money adventured on this trottin' race myself.

He had an idea that if he managed to pay the smart-money before Jacob was sworn in, the lad might escape with little difficulty.

My father paid the smart-money, my mother cried, and I was lugged home.

The certificate from a captain and surgeon, by which only the smart-money is obtainable.

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