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smart money

The correct spelling is smart money.

How to pronounce smart money

noun

Say it like: Sma-rt -mon-ee

The correct spelling is smart money. Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers etc considered as a group. For example: "The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week."

Usage Examples

The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers etc considered as a group.
  2. 2.The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
  3. 3.Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.

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