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Grammar : Noun



Definition of smart money

Origin :
  • "money bet by those in the know," 1926, from smart (adj.). The same phrase earlier meant "money paid to sailors, soldiers, workers, etc., who have been disabled while on the job" (1690s), from a noun derivative of smart (v.). Also "money paid to obtain the discharge of a recruit" (1760), hence "money paid to escape some unpleasant situation" (1818). Sometimes in legal use, "damages in excess of injury done."
  • As in investment : noun something given, lent for a return
  • As in speculation : noun risk, gamble
Example sentences :
  • And meanwhile he counted up his half-year's smart money, and the pile of silver and gold that had come of the sale.
  • Extract from : « The Bondman » by Hall Caine

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