. . . "Neutrality Acts ??? ??? ??? Term for the President's discretionary authority to require that warring nations who purchased goods other than arms or munitions had to pay in cash and then carry them away in its own ships, an ingenious scheme to preserve a profitable trade without running the risk of war. cash-and-carry ??? ??? ??? Term for the summer of 1940, during which the Royal Air Force, with t" . .