the smart moneynoun [ S ]
uk/ˈsmɑːt ˌmʌn.i/us/ˈsmɑːrt ˌmʌn.i/money that is invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) by experienced investors who know a lot about what they are doing:
The smart money is coming back into mortgages as the best investment now.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Interest & capital
- APR
- bank rate
- base rate
- capital intensive
- capitalization
- collateral
- finance
- fund
- interest rate
- interest-bearing
- lending rate
- money
- nest egg
- Premium Bond
- saving
- simple interest
- stock
- the purse strings idiom
- venture capital
- vested interest
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Idiom(s)
the smart money is on/says...