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deficit financing

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noun

(especially of a government) expenditures in excess of public revenues, made possible typically by borrowing.

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deficiency symptom, deficient, deficient number, deficiently, deficit, deficit financing, deficit spending, defier, defilade, defile, defilement
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British Dictionary definitions for deficit financing

deficit financing

noun

government spending in excess of revenues so that a budget deficit is incurred, which is financed by borrowing: recommended by Keynesian economists in order to increase economic activity and reduce unemploymentAlso called: compensatory finance, pump priming
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for deficit financing

deficit financing

A government policy of financing large public expenditures by borrowing money rather than by raising taxes; also called deficit spending.

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