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

As the league and union continue amassing their respective war chests for the next CBA four-to-five years down the road, the last thing the league needs to do publicly is depict pipe dreams as front-burner issues. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Democratic leaders like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had hoped Vindman’s reputation and campaign war chest would help turn what election analysts had considered a solidly Republican seat into a more competitive race. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Donalds had amassed a war chest of more than $111 million, much of it tied to billionaires, developers and utility companies that want to build AI data centers in Florida. — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Like the other two incumbent commissioners on the ballot Tuesday, Cohen Higgins brought a much larger war chest to the race than her two challengers did. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 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