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war chest

noun

money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.

war chest

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

First she has to get by the guy with the $30 million war chest.

Throughout their four-year friendship, Medrano continued to contribute to David Delle Donna's campaign war chest.

In contrast, Cornyn has a $7 million war chest and the support of a number of conservative groups.

Bob picked up the phone, made a few calls, and gathered $1.2 million in his war chest.

That strength along with a $4.5 million war chest seem to have inoculated Graham from a serious challenge for now.

Never, so he tells me, was there so much money in the war chest as at that particular time.

He knew there was a war chest, and it irked him to think his mother wouldn't have it tapped for her.

M. Mermeix insisted to M. Fleury that the General's war-chest was supplied by voluntary subscriptions.

The exceptions to the advantage of the war-chest were very rare, and for these the troops gained in a larger proportion at home.

The war chest of Austria was in a stone-vaulted room, one of the strongest dungeons in the Treasury.

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