0 money that has been collected or saved to pay for something, especially a long fight to achieve something: --
1 infml money that has been collected or saved to pay for something, esp. a long fight achieve something: --
The candidates are gathering money for their election war chests.
2 a large amount of money that a company or a government keeps for a particular purpose: --
Earlier, we heard allegations about fiddled figures, and closer inspection of the details shows that the war chest is in fact much larger than that.
They had what was called in those days, and is probably still called, a war chest.
Actually, they were raising money for a political war chest.
Accumulating a war chest of money and the ability to make the bid becomes the dominant consideration.
There is no question of our building a war chest.
We were told over and over again that we must have a war chest abroad by investing in foreign countries.
It was partly, at least, secured by the use of a war chest of £25 million, disbursed to members of the concert party.
It is £40 billion with room to spare—the room in which the war chest is kept safely locked, and we have the key.
