war chest
money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.
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How to use war chest in a sentence
The surge of venture backed IPOs has left many businesses with war chests at same time.
Term Sheet readers predict which markets will boom in 2021 | Lucinda Shen | December 18, 2020 | FortuneThat war chest will be welcome when a vaccine becomes widely available and food consumption habits could shift.
Xiaomi already has a war chest of roughly $7 billion in cash and equivalents, but the company carries $11 billion in debt and interest repayments.
Shares of China smartphone maker Xiaomi were up 143% this year. They plunged on Wednesday | eamonbarrett | December 2, 2020 | FortuneGiven his massive war chest and dominant position, all eyes are on what India’s richest man will do next.
Becerra won, despite the controversy and his opponent’s considerable war chest.
The COVID-19 Charmer: How a Self-Described Felon Convinced Elected Officials to Try to Help Him Profit From the Pandemic | by Vianna Davila, Jeremy Schwartz and Lexi Churchill | September 25, 2020 | ProPublica
First she has to get by the guy with the $30 million war chest.
Can New York Democrat Zephyr Teachout Stop Governor Andrew Cuomo? | David Freedlander | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThroughout their four-year friendship, Medrano continued to contribute to David Delle Donna's campaign war chest.
Did Christie Go Easy on a Human Trafficker Just to Bust a Small-Time Pol? | Olivia Nuzzi | March 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 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.
With an Eye on South Carolina, Lindsey Graham Takes Aim at Chuck Hagel | Patricia Murphy | February 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNever, so he tells me, was there so much money in the war chest as at that particular time.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist | Robert BarrHe knew there was a war chest, and it irked him to think his mother wouldn't have it tapped for her.
The Prisoner | Alice BrownM. Mermeix insisted to M. Fleury that the General's war-chest was supplied by voluntary subscriptions.
France and the Republic | William Henry HurlbertThe exceptions to the advantage of the war-chest were very rare, and for these the troops gained in a larger proportion at home.
A Defence of the Hessians | Joseph George RosengartenThe war chest of Austria was in a stone-vaulted room, one of the strongest dungeons in the Treasury.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist | Robert Barr
British Dictionary definitions for war chest
a fund collected for a specific purpose, such as an election campaign
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