| 释义 |
slush fund  nounA reserve of money used for illicit purposes, especially political bribery.The board, which previously was under the control of the Ministry of Economic Reforms, has functioned as a slush fund for dispensing political favours....- The government has been accused of setting up a political slush fund at the expense of communities in need in Kerry and elsewhere.
- He had this idea of the Social Entrepreneur Fund, which turned into a slush fund for all sorts of mad schemes.
Origin Mid 19th century: originally nautical slang denoting money collected to buy luxuries, from the sale of watery food known as slush. |