WAR CHEST

Meaning of WAR CHEST in English

money set aside or scheduled for a particular purpose or activity, as for a political campaign or organizational drive.

[ 1900-05, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WAR CHEST — noun Date: 1871 a fund accumulated to finance a war
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAR CHEST — noun : a fund accumulated to finance a war ; broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAR CHEST — Date: 1871 : a fund accumulated to finance a war ; broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAR CHEST — Function: noun Date: 1871 : a fund accumulated to finance a war broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WAR CHEST — ■ noun a reserve of funds used for fighting a war.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAR CHEST — [war chest] n (1901): a fund accumulated to finance a war; broadly: a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAR CHEST — noun an amount of money that a government or an organization has available to spend on a particular plan, project, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR CHEST — ˈwar chest BrE AmE noun [countable] informal 1 . the money that a government has available to spend on war …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAR CHEST — ( war chests) A war chest is a fund to finance a project such as a political campaign. Governor Caperton …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR CHEST — (~s) A ~ is a fund to finance a project such as a political campaign. Governor Caperton has the largest …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAR CHEST — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And he still has a war chest of $ 263, 417. ▪ Clinton has a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAR CHEST — Function: noun Synonyms: TREASURY 2, chest, coffer, exchequer
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WAR CHEST — noun Synonyms: treasury 2, chest, coffer, exchequer
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAR CHEST — Cash which is kept aside for a takeover or for defense against a takeover bid .
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
WAR CHEST — средства на войну средства на войну средства для определенной цели (на кампанию и т. п.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAR CHEST — 1. средства на войну 2. средства для определённой цели ( на кампанию и т. п. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAR CHEST — средства на войну
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAR CHEST — 1. средства на войну 2. средства для определённой цели ( на кампанию и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WAR CHEST — 1. средства на войну 2. средства для определённой цели ( на кампанию и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAR CHEST — средства на войну
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAR CHEST — средства на войну
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WAR CHEST — _n. средства на войну
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WAR CHEST — n. средства на войну
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
WAR CHEST — 1. полит разг расходы на войну Средства, выделяемые Конгрессом США [Congress, U.S.] на ведение войны 2. полит "военный бюджет" Средства на ведение избирательной кампании, для …
WAR CHEST — 1. полит. разг. расходы на войну Средства, выделяемые Конгрессом США [Congress] на ведение войны 2. полит. "военный бюджет" Средства на …
WAR CHEST — 1) фин. средства на случай войны*, военный бюджет*, военный сундук*(резерв ликвидных ресурсов, предназначенный для защиты от враждебного поглощения, поглощения другой …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовому менеджменту
WAR CHEST — средства на войну средства на войну средства для определенной цели (на кампанию и т. п.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAR — I State of conflict, generally armed, between two or more entities. It is characterized by intentional violence on the part …
Английский словарь Британика
WAR — I. ˈwȯ(ə)r, ˈwȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English werre, warre, from Old North French werre, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEST — I. ˈchest noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, basket, coffin; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEST — (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; …
Английский словарь Webster
CHEST — ( n. ) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAR — war 1 /wawr/ , n. , v. , warred, warring , adj. n. 1. a conflict carried on by force …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHEST — — chestful /chest"fool/ , n. /chest/ , n. 1. Anat. the trunk of the body from the neck to the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAR — adj ware; aware. 2. war ·noun forces; army. 3. war ·noun instruments of war. 4. war ·noun the profession of …
Webster English vocab
CHEST — vi to place in a coffin. 2. chest ·noun a coffin. 3. chest ·noun strife; contention; controversy. 4. chest ·vi …
Webster English vocab
CHEST — [chest] n [ME, fr. OE cest, cist chest, box, fr. L cista, fr. Gk kiste basket, hamper] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAR — a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between political units, such as states or nations or between …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHEST — the earliest form of container for storing clothes, documents, valuables, or other possessions, and the most important piece of furniture …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAR — war BrE AmE wɔː AmE wɔːr ▷ warred wɔːd AmE wɔːrd ▷ warring ˈwɔːr ɪŋ ▷ wars wɔːz AmE \ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAR — / wɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a situation in which two or more countries or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHEST — / tʃest; NAmE / noun 1. the top part of the front of the body, between the neck and the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHEST — chest S2 W3 /tʃest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cest , from Latin cista 'box, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHEST — n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAR — n. & v. n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHEST — n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific …
Oxford English vocab
CHEST — n.1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part of …
Oxford English vocab
WAR — ( wars) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A war is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHEST — ( chests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your chest is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a devastating war ▪ It will take a long time for the region to recover …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHEST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet enters sb's chest/brain etc ▪ There was a scar where the bullet had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAR
Cambridge English vocab
CHEST
Cambridge English vocab
WAR — n. Achinese War Algerian War Algerian War of Independence American Civil War War Between the States Civil War United States …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAR — Synonyms and related words : American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHEST — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ barrel , big , broad , huge , manly , massive , muscled , muscular , powerful …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAR — INDEX: 1. fighting between countries or armies 2. to fight in a war or be in a war 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAR — See ↑ WAR 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be at war • ↑ declare war • ↑ go to war • …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAR — n. 25B6; noun the Napoleonic wars : CONFLICT, warfare, combat, fighting, (military) action, bloodshed, struggle; battle, skirmish, fight, clash, engagement, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHEST — n. 25B6; noun a bullet wound in the chest : BREAST, upper body, torso, trunk, ribcage; technical thorax. the matron …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHEST — n. 1 box, coffer, trunk, strongbox, caddy, casket, case It took four men to carry the chest outside, where we …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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