war chest

noun

: a fund accumulated to finance a war

broadly : a fund earmarked for a specific purpose, action, or campaign

Examples of war chest in a Sentence

The candidate held fund-raising dinners to build up his war chest.

Recent Examples on the Web

This time, however, his deeper war chest is also working to help get Republicans over the finish line in state races. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

As Miami’s mayor uses her political war chest to urge voters to approve new borrowing for city police and fire stations, those dollars are coming from developers, city vendors and Airbnb. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

That same fall, Lane Kiffin walked out on an 11-1 Ole Miss team weeks before its first playoff game, lured to LSU by a war chest the Rebels couldn’t match. — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Luna had $352,000 in the war chest as of June 30, and Villanueva had about $56,000. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for war chest

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• arrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed