smart money (English, noun)
expansion: smart money (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
tags: collective
uncountable
glosses: The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
tags: uncountable
glosses: Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
tags: uncountable
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injuries received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service.
tags: historical
uncountable
topics: law
glosses: Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
tags: uncountable
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