单词 | taxer and spender |
释义 | taxer and spendern. A person or agency with the power to raise taxes and undertake public spending; (now usually) spec. = tax-and-spender n. at tax-and-spend n. and adj. Derivatives. ΚΠ 1962 H. G. Johnson Canada in Changing World Econ. 49 The presence of government as a taxer and spender and as a major debtor tends by itself to reduce the rate of economic growth below the socially optimal rate. 1986 R. C. Leone in J. Moore Campaign for President iv. 153 It was clear Mondale would be attacked by the Republicans as a taxer and spender. 1999 Independent 1 July ii. 3/1 The irony is that there is almost certainly a higher proportion of Tribune-friendly taxers and spenders in the Liberal Democrat party than there are in New Labour. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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