soft money

1. 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)

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Questions about soft money

What does soft money mean?

soft money means "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)".

Is soft money a common word?

soft money is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.