dead money—money invested in unsold products which cannot therefore be used:
- This will tell you how much “dead money” is tied up in the three products.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase dead rent—a fixed rent for a mining concession, etc.:
- A claim for an increase in the amount of the dead rent fixed in a contract cannot be upheld.
dead on the money—(coll.) totally correct:
- I have always read Howard’s articles with a great deal of interest, as they are usually dead on the money.