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precinct money en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Money that is paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.
   • It also puts up what it calls precinct money, the small bankroll a worker carries and spends on election day and the few days before. 1976, William Allison Shimer, American Scholar, page 356:
   • Without the precinct money, you don't have poll-watchers and they can get away with anything. 1988, Michael Royko, Boss, page 102:

Synonyms

walk-around money · street money