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peace dividend
n.
An amount of money taken from a defense budget and appropriated elsewhere in times of peace when less money is required for defense than in times of hostility or war.
peace dividend
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) additional money available to a government from cuts in defence expenditure because of the end of a period of hostilities
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