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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An accumulation of funds to finance a war effort.
  • noun A fund reserved for a particular purpose such as a political campaign.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fund to finance a war
  • noun by extension A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign)

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