Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "kuɗi mai laushi" ya bambanta dangane da mahallin, amma gabaɗaya, yana nufin kuɗin da ba a ƙarƙashin ƙa'idodi ɗaya da "kuɗi mai wuyar gaske," wanda shine kuɗin da aka ba da gudummawa kai tsaye ga yakin neman zaben ɗan takara. . Ga wasu takamaiman ma’anoni: A siyasa, “kudi mai laushi” na nufin kuɗaɗen da jam’iyyun siyasa ke tarawa don amfanin jama’a gaba ɗaya, kamar ilimin masu jefa ƙuri’a da yunƙurin fitowar masu jefa ƙuri’a, maimakon haka. don bayyana manufar tallata wani ɗan takara. Kudi mai laushi baya ƙarƙashin iyaka guda ɗaya na gudummawar da buƙatun bayyanawa kamar kuɗi mai wahala. Ribar kasuwa, sau da yawa a matsayin wani nau'i na ƙarfafawa ko lada don yin kasuwanci tare da wani banki ko cibiyar kuɗi. koma ga kuɗaɗen da aka ware don kashe kuɗi marasa mahimmanci, kamar kyauta, abinci, da nishaɗi, a matsayin hanyar haɓaka alaƙa da abokan ciniki ko abokan hulɗa.