Definition of public spending in US English:
public spending
nounˌpəblɪk ˈspɛndɪŋˌpəblik ˈspendiNG
Money spent by the state; government expenditure.
the government wants to slash public spending
Example sentencesExamples
- If 1% of the Scottish executive's public spending budget were devoted to the arts, it would usher in an era of cultural and economic self-confidence for the nation.
- The debt crisis suffered during the 1980s caused a drop in public spending in education and other quality-enhancing investments.
- In Finland public spending was reduced by 8% of GDP.
- These extrapolations are then modified by including assumptions on changes in policies regarding public spending.
- Public spending dipped 1.8% during the month, with declines in three of the past four months.
- This deceleration in growth was associated with low rates of investment, as private investment failed to pick up and counterbalance the decline in public spending.
- Even with a vast budget surplus at their disposal, neither party plans to increase public spending for social needs.
- Nero and his advisers had unashamedly adopted a financial strategy of boom and bust, but Galba seems from the start to have taken a firm grip on public spending—notoriously refusing to pay out expected benefits to the Army.
- At the most recent conference in Spain, European finance ministers softened proposals that would have put pressure on Britain to make £10 billion of public spending cuts or tax increases.
- Private spending on pure research is supposed to surpass public spending in the next year.