Friday, April 9, 2010

Word Of The Day - Coffer, Tacit

Coffer - A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
Tacit - If you refer to someone's tacit agreement or approval, you mean they are agreeing to something or approving it without actually saying so, often because they are unwilling to admit to doing so.

Political opponents believe that aid paid for use of the base went into Bakiev's pockets, not the country's coffer.

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That money went to companies and shady off-shore enterprises controlled by the family," said Cooley. "It's the actual site of tacit deals and corruption.

Source - CNN World News
Dictionary - http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|en&q=coffers
http://www.google.com/dictionary?langpair=en|en&q=tacit

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