pump-primingn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌm(p) ˌprʌɪmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpəm(p) ˌpraɪmɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, priming n.¹

Etymology: < pump n.¹ + priming n.¹, after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare pump-primer n. and slightly later pump-prime v., pump-primed adj.

Originally U.S.

The stimulation of economic activity by investment, esp. by government investment or spending; an instance of this. Cf. to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > growth > stimulation by investment

pump-priming1933

1933 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 May 1/2 To carry the pump-priming analogy a step further, it is suggested that a small portion of the expected flow of restored industrial income be directed to the reservoir from which the original ‘prime’ was borrowed.

1934 Washington Post 15 Jan. 2/2 (headline) Public spending viewed as ‘pump-priming’.

1938 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Feb. 15/1 Farm products seemed most likely to benefit from the next ‘pump-priming’.

1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 161 Large development projects whose results would be out of all proportion to the ‘pump-priming’ required from U.N.

1963 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 12/2 To the financial purists, this appears as a bid for straightforward Keynesian pump-priming. Something of the sort is clearly required to stir the American economy out of its present sluggishness.

1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 359 Berlin is going to cost us $3.5 billion and that will just do the trick, all the pump-priming they want.

2002 Economist 6 July 77/3 Giving incentives for housing loans early in the crisis may have been one of the government's best policies, and..helped to restore domestic demand. Yet..the pump-priming has lately got out of hand.

Compounds

General attributive, with sense ‘of or relating to pump-priming, used for pump-priming’, as pump-priming activity, pump-priming cash, pump-priming policy, etc.

ΚΠ

1934 N.Y. Times 6 Jan. 25/1 With the aid of the government's ‘pump-priming’ activities, I think we are going to see quite an improvement in the next three, four or five months.

1937 F. D. Roosevelt Public Papers & Addr. (1941) VI. 520 The things we had done, which at that time were largely a monetary and pump-priming policy.., had brought the expected result.

1960 Guardian 21 Oct. 24/6 The pump-priming period of the Welfare State.

1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society 9 The pump-priming activity of the revivalist to generate a distinctive form of religious expression.

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxx. 351 He, Lieverman, would throw in the pump-priming cash, the development money.

1996 Business Week 26 Feb. 48/2 The economy is on track to grow 2% in 1996, but it's being driven primarily by $500 billion in pump-priming measures since 1992.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Mar. 64/2 Hundreds of billions of pump-priming dollars in taxpayer money have been poured into public works.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pump-priming
释义	pump-primingn. Brit. /ˈpʌm(p) ˌprʌɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəm(p) ˌpraɪmɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pump n.¹, priming n.¹ Etymology: < pump n.¹ + priming n.¹, after to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. Compare pump-primer n. and slightly later pump-prime v., pump-primed adj. Originally U.S. The stimulation of economic activity by investment, esp. by government investment or spending; an instance of this. Cf. to prime the pump at prime v.² 5a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > growth > stimulation by investment pump-priming1933 1933 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 May 1/2 To carry the pump-priming analogy a step further, it is suggested that a small portion of the expected flow of restored industrial income be directed to the reservoir from which the original ‘prime’ was borrowed. 1934 Washington Post 15 Jan. 2/2 (headline) Public spending viewed as ‘pump-priming’. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Feb. 15/1 Farm products seemed most likely to benefit from the next ‘pump-priming’. 1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 161 Large development projects whose results would be out of all proportion to the ‘pump-priming’ required from U.N. 1963 Daily Tel. 18 Jan. 12/2 To the financial purists, this appears as a bid for straightforward Keynesian pump-priming. Something of the sort is clearly required to stir the American economy out of its present sluggishness. 1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 359 Berlin is going to cost us $3.5 billion and that will just do the trick, all the pump-priming they want. 2002 Economist 6 July 77/3 Giving incentives for housing loans early in the crisis may have been one of the government's best policies, and..helped to restore domestic demand. Yet..the pump-priming has lately got out of hand. Compounds General attributive, with sense ‘of or relating to pump-priming, used for pump-priming’, as pump-priming activity, pump-priming cash, pump-priming policy, etc. ΚΠ 1934 N.Y. Times 6 Jan. 25/1 With the aid of the government's ‘pump-priming’ activities, I think we are going to see quite an improvement in the next three, four or five months. 1937 F. D. Roosevelt Public Papers & Addr. (1941) VI. 520 The things we had done, which at that time were largely a monetary and pump-priming policy.., had brought the expected result. 1960 Guardian 21 Oct. 24/6 The pump-priming period of the Welfare State. 1961 B. R. Wilson Sects & Society 9 The pump-priming activity of the revivalist to generate a distinctive form of religious expression. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxx. 351 He, Lieverman, would throw in the pump-priming cash, the development money. 1996 Business Week 26 Feb. 48/2 The economy is on track to grow 2% in 1996, but it's being driven primarily by $500 billion in pump-priming measures since 1992. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Mar. 64/2 Hundreds of billions of pump-priming dollars in taxpayer money have been poured into public works. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933
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