DEFICIT SPENDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deficit spending mean? 

• DEFICIT SPENDING (noun)
  The noun DEFICIT SPENDING has 1 sense:

1. spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

  Familiarity information: DEFICIT SPENDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFICIT SPENDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

compensatory spending; deficit spending; pump priming

Hypernyms ("deficit spending" is a kind of...):

disbursal; disbursement; outlay; spending (the act of spending or disbursing money)