0 money that is bet (= risked) or invested (= put into something in order to make a profit) by people who know a lot about a subject:
A lot of smart money is going into the uranium market right now.
Americans like staying near beaches, but the smart money stays up high, away from the crowds and the heat.
There's no doubt that the smart money will be on Williams to repeat last year's success.
And the smart money says that the committee will reject the offer.
1 money invested by experienced people who know a lot about investing money
2 money invested by people who take the right decisions to make a profit:
Those betting that this program can succeed simply do not understand the nature of their wager. The smart money is going the other way.
In our next race, the smart money, the clever money, is going on a horse called Nice One Clare.
Rhona Martin and the women won gold in Salt Lake City, but the smart money is on the men this time.
The smart money is not on getting our provision in the east of the county.
The smart money must be on the general right of lease extension, in particular where the right to enfranchise is difficult to the point of impossibility to achieve.
If there had been a rush of smart money on the underdog, the odds would have plummeted.
While the smart money has purchased during the earlier stealth phase, institutional investors begin to buy during take off.
Margayya is a smart money-lender who, by advising villagers about the rules of borrowing money, sends corrupt bank officials running scared.
