war chest

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawr chest]
- /wɔr tʃɛst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawr chest]
- /wɔr tʃɛst/

Definitions of war chest words

noun war chest money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive. 1
noun war chest money to finance a war 1
countable noun war chest A war chest is a fund to finance a project such as a political campaign. 0
noun war chest a fund collected for a specific purpose, such as an election campaign 0
noun war chest a fund, as of contributions from individuals, created for a particular purpose, as a political campaign 0
noun war chest A fund to finance a war. 0

See all 7 definitions of war chest

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Origin of war chest

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1900-05

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Parts of speech for War chest

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of War chest

war chest popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

war chest usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for war chest

noun war chest

coffer — A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
exchequer — A royal or national treasury.

All 2 Synonyms of war chest