資料來源 : pyDict
罰款,撫恤金,因掌握內情而下的賭注
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
{Smart money}.
(a) Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some
unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
(b) (Mil.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the
English service, for wounds and injures received;
also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn
in, to procure his release from service.
(c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond
a full compensation for the actual injury done.
--Burrill. --Greenleaf.
資料來源 : WordNet®
smart money
n 1: money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors
(especially if they have inside information)
2: (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of
punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful
misconduct) [syn: {punitive damages}, {exemplary damages}]
3: people who are highly experienced or who have inside
information; "the smart money said Truman would lose the
election"