单词 | finance minister |
释义 | > as lemmasfinance minister finance minister n. a government minister responsible for financial matters or economic policy. [Compare German Finanzminister (1758).] ΚΠ 1768 W. Knox Present State Nation (ESTC T82183) 48 Yet we may hope, that the qualities which that great statesman requires in a finance minister, are to be found in every country. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. iii. 447 Our finance ministers can claim no credit for peculiar..ability in this respect. 1964 Economist 15 Feb. 638/1 The new finance minister..is now seeking to open negotiations with the United States authorities and the International Monetary Fund to re-schedule all Brazil's foreign debts. 2021 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 1 Aug. h4 No critical national appointment can be made privately by any finance minister or PM without checks and balances. < as lemmas |
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