smart money
Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etcExperienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
Meaning
5 senses(collective, uncountable)Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
(uncountable)The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.
(uncountable)Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
(historical, uncountable)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.
(uncountable)Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Synonyms
2 synonyms- (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct):punitive damagesexemplary damages
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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