peace dividend

noun

🔊/ˈpiːs dɪvɪdend/

[usually singular]

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money previously spent on weapons and the defence of a country and now available to be used for other things because of a reduction in a country’s military forces和平红利，和平增益（指国家因裁军而得以用于其他方面的原军备和国防费用）