war chest

English

Noun

war chest (plural war chests)

1. A fund to finance a war
   • the holdings of the state (the war chest plus other cash balances) - “The First World War”, Hew Strachan, Oxford University Press, 2003.
2. (by extension) A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign

Translations

fund to finance a war

• Finnish: sotakassa

• German: Kriegskasse f

fund for some specific campaign

• Finnish: rahasto (fi); vaalikassa (funds for an electoral campaign)

• German: Kriegskasse f (informal)

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