war chest

noun

: a fund accumulated to finance a war

broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, or campaign

Examples of war chest in a Sentence

The candidate held fund-raising dinners to build up his war chest.

Recent Examples on the Web President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden both visited separate fundraisers in May and June to grow the Democratic campaign’s war chest. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024 Trump won Indiana in both the 2016 and 2020 elections by at least 16 percentage points, and Braun's campaign war chest of $1.7 million outpaces McCormick's $700,000, as of July 1. —

Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024 But, behind the familiar sight of Trump trying to pad his campaign war chest and enrich himself, there is a bigger and more consequential story unfolding. —

John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 Waters has raised more than $111,000, with about $20,000 in her war chest. —

Samuel Robinson, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for war chest

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