public spending

noun [U] ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT

Definition

› the money the government spends on buying goods and providing services: Increases in public spending will need to be supported by reforms if they are to deliver radically better public services. control/cut/increase public spending

(Definition of public spending noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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