Meanings
nounwar chest (plural war chests)
plural war chests
- businessA fund to finance a war.
[…]the holdings of the state (the war chest plus other cash balances)[…]
2003, Hew Strachan, The First World War, Oxford University Press
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 戰爭基金 /战争基金, 特殊基金
- 戰爭基金 /战争基金 (zhànzhēng jījīn)fund to finance a war
- 特殊基金 (tèshū jījīn)fund for some specific campaign
Danish krigskasse, pengetank
- krigskassefund to finance a war
- pengetankfund for some specific campaign
- krigskassefund for some specific campaign
Dutch oorlogskas
- oorlogskasfund to finance a war
Finnish sotakassa, rahasto
- sotakassafund to finance a war
- rahastofund for some specific campaign
- vaalikassafund for some specific campaign
French trésor de guerre
- trésor de guerrefund to finance a war
German Kriegskasse, Kriegskasse
- Kriegskassefund to finance a war
- Kriegskassefund for some specific campaign
Japanese 軍資金
- 軍資金 (gunshikin)fund to finance a war
Polish fundusze na wojnę, fundusze wojenne
- fundusze na wojnęfund to finance a war
- fundusze wojennefund to finance a war
Swedish krigskassa, krigskassa
- krigskassafund to finance a war
- krigskassafund for some specific campaign
Cite this entry
APA
war chest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20chest
MLA
“war chest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20chest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “war chest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20chest.
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