smart money
短语罚款, 抚恤金, (因掌握内情而下的)赌注
释义与例句
-
1.
Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.
不可数 法律September 30 1893, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry, "Empolyers' Liability Bill", quoted in The Parliamentary Debates it made was paid by employers to workmen employers liable for injuries resulting as smart money
-
2.
Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
不可数 商务 金融 -
3.
The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
不可数The smart money is on a half percent cut in the basic bank lending rates before the end of the week.
-
4.
Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
不可数 -
5.
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.
历史 不可数 政治 军事