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Soft Money

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Noun

1. soft money

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)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Soft Money

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noun
politics
(in the US) money that can be spent by a political party on grass-roots organization, recruitment, advertising, etc; it must be deposited in a party's non-federal (state-level) bank accounts, and must not be used in connection with presidential or congressional elections
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Soft Money

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money given as a donation to a political party but not designated for a particular candidate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Soft Money

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n.
Money donated to political parties to support general political activities rather than a particular candidate, and thus not subject to regulations or limits that govern campaign contributions.

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