Anyways, back to war chest. The war chest is originally a box (chest) for carrying a soldier’s guns and bullets. Like the old-style trunk, which is made of wood and leather, the war chest is very tough and endurable. As all travelers in the past carry a trunk, the professional soldier used to have his war chest ready before he goes out to the battlefield.
Hence, by extension, if one has a big war chest, it signifies that he has great firepower in terms more guns and ammunition.
The bigger the better, obviously, since going to war cost a lot of money – both today and mediaeval times, when “war chest” came into vogue.
Today, though, war chest’s usage has expanded from military expenditure to business and politics, standing for money reserved for a particular purpose. In business for example, a company may accumulate a war chest for buying off rivals or fending them off.
In political campaigns, war chest is synonymous with campaign funds, money a candidate receives from donors to be used as future campaign expenses.
In any case, use “war chest” in situations where there is hostility and confrontation, rivalry and competition, if not direct military faceoff.
After all, if there is no war, what is a war chest for?
All right, here are recent media examples of “war chest”:
1. The Chancellor set aside a war chest of £1 billion to cover the cost of any military action against Iraq in yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report in the most tangible sign of the Government’s preparedness to go to war.
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