war chests

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Определение war chests в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: plural form of war chest
war chest: A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign
war chest: A fund to finance a war
war chest: Campaign money built up by incumbents well in advance of the next election in order to give them a financial head start and discourage potential challengers Often includes leftover campaign money from the last election, as well as money raised early in the term After the 1994 elections, three victorious U S Senate candidates (Kay Bailey Hutchison [R-Texas], Joseph Lieberman [D-Conn ], and Connie Mack [R-Fla ]) had over $1 million on hand for the next race -- six years away In the U S House, 10 newly-elected representatives had a $600,000-plus war chest; three -- David Drier (R-Calif ), Charles Schumer (D-N Y ), and Robert Torricelli (D-N J ) -- surpassed the million dollar mark with $2 3 million, $2 2 million, and $1 3 million, respectively
war chest: a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)
war chest: Cash kept aside for a takeover or for defense against a takeover bid
war chest: A war chest is a fund to finance a project such as a political campaign. Governor Caperton has the largest campaign war chest
war chest: Cash which is kept aside for a takeover or for defense against a takeover bid