单词 | public finance |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic finance public finance n. (a) (often in plural) government revenue and expenditure, such as taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt, etc.; (b) the branch of economics that deals with government's role in the economy. ΚΠ 1676 A. Sall True Catholic & Apostolic Faith Church of Eng. i. xii. 95 They [sc. Protestant towns] have 800 Ministers retaining pensions out of the public finance. 1763 Let. Earl Halifax on Peace 25 Some men..think, that there is as much reason to be just and œconomic in the distribution and management of public finances as of private patrimony. 1810 Belfast Monthly Mag. Apr. 317 The times present gloomy prospects on every side, whether we look at the private failures in trade, or at the ruinous system of public finance. 1923 H. Dalton Princ. Public Finance i. i. 3 Public finance is one of those subjects which lie on the border line between economics and politics. 1971 A. Molho (title) Florentine public finances in the Early Renaissance. 2003 New Statesman 7 Apr. 33/1 An idea is emerging about how to pay for railways, postal services and all the other public service demands... There is a flurry of interest among backbenchers about a proposal for a new source of public finance. < as lemmas |
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