the smart/clever money is on sb/sth

the smart/clever money is on sb/sth
the smart/clever money is on sb/sth
used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »

One airline has already filed for bankruptcy protection, and the smart money is on others joining them soon.

Main Entry: money

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • the clever money is on sb/sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… …   Financial and business terms

  • the smart money is on sth — Ⅰ. the smart money is on sth ► a phrase used to say that something will probably happen: »The smart money is on James for the new Director Finance post. »The smart money is on the country remaining outside the Eurozone for the next decade. Main… …   Financial and business terms

  • the clever money is on sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… …   Financial and business terms

  • the smart money is on sb/sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… …   Financial and business terms

  • the clever money is on sb — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… …   Financial and business terms

  • the smart money is on sb — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… …   Financial and business terms

  • money — currency and coin that are guaranteed as legal tender by the government, a regulatory agency or bank. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary at the money out of the money in the money NYSE Euronext Glossary * * * money mon‧ey [ˈmʌni] noun …   Financial and business terms

  • smart — smart1 W2S3 [sma:t US sma:rt] adj comparative smarter superlative smartest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(intelligent)¦ 2¦(disrespectful)¦ 3¦(neat)¦ 4¦(fashionable)¦ 5¦(technology)¦ 6 the smart money is on somebody/something 7¦(quick)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …   Wikipedia

  • place — 1 (C) PLACE, POSITION, OR AREA 1 POINT/POSITION a) any area, point, or position in space: This is the place where the accident happened. | Make sure you keep it in a safe place. | We kept moving from place to place. | The whole place was covered… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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