Phrase guide
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noun
Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dumb money
noun
The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dumb money
noun
Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
people who are highly experienced or who have inside information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: people
noun
(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: punitive damages, exemplary damages
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
Narrower terms: double damages, treble damages
noun
money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speculation, venture
History
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