Meaning of slush fund | Babel Free
Definitions
- Money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes.
- Money that has not been hypothecated or dedicated to a particular purpose, or which is used for a different purpose than originally intended.
Equivalents
Examples
“He is said to have used his party’s slush fund to buy votes in the election.”
“7: CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.”
“To do this, [the Lord Mayor] has at his disposal a multibillion-pound slush fund for use in lobbying the UK government and governments around the world to bring in laws that are friendly to banks and multinational companies.”
“A slush fund is a sum of money that is set aside as a reserve. In accounting, a slush fund is a general ledger account of commingled funds that does not have a designated purpose. In more sinister cases, a slush fund may be used as a "black fund," which is unaccounted for and kept off the books.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.