coffer

Example Sentences

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Yiu is the best-funded candidate in the race, with more than $1 million in her coffer — much of which came from her own pocket, according to California secretary of state records.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They erected a temporary wooden coffer dam in 1907 at the lake’s mouth, raising the water by 10 feet — just enough to make the existing road unusable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Back in March, the president held a tele-rally in support of Perdue, lining the candidate's campaign coffer with half a million dollars.

From Salon • May 13, 2022

That’s because DoorDash uses my tip money—money I think I’m giving to the delivery person directly—to cover the worker’s base pay, thereby reducing what DoorDash has to pay out of its own coffer.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2019

The Queen opened the coffer in the darkness and stood near the moonlit patch from the window, holding a strip of something in her hands.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White