SOFT MONEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft money mean? 

• SOFT MONEY (noun)
  The noun SOFT MONEY has 1 sense:

1. political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the United States regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee)

  Familiarity information: SOFT MONEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOFT MONEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Political contributions made in such a way as to avoid the United States regulations for federal election campaigns (as by contributions to a political action committee)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("soft money" is a kind of...):

political contribution; political donation (a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party)