war chestnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɔː ˌtʃest/us/ˈwɔːr ˌtʃest/informalmoney that has been collected or saved to pay for something, especially a long fight to achieve something:
The candidates are gathering money for their election war chests.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Saving money
- bank
- deposit account
- depositor
- direct deposit
- interest rate
- ISA
- on deposit idiom
- pension plan
- put
- put sth by
- rainy
- salt sth away
- save
- save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
- saver
- saving
- scrimp
- sock
- squirrel sth away
- TESSA
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