| 单词 | hard money |
| 释义 | > as lemmashard money b. U.S. Politics. Of donated money: subject to limitation and regulation under laws governing political-campaign financing. Chiefly in hard money. ΚΠ 1972 Washington Post 12 Apr. a8/3 It's the difference between soft money and hard money. On state campaigns you can use union treasury money. On federal campaigns, you can't. 1980 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. b6/1 At the national and state levels combined, the committee is constrained by law from giving direct contributions, known as ‘hard money’, of more than $5,000 to any single candidate. 1996 Time 24 June 26/1 Direct gifts to candidates, called hard money, is strictly limited. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 23 The attempt to distinguish between ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ donations is already the subject of widespread scorn. 2011 C. J. Nelson Grant Park i. 14 Political commercials that explicitly advocated for the support or defeat of a candidate..had to be paid for with hard money. < as lemmas |
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