Meanings
noungovernment spending (uncountable)
- uncountableAll government consumption and investment, excluding transfer payments made by the state.
Synonyms: government expenditure
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAll government consumption and investment, excluding transfer payments made by the state.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 政府開支 /政府开支
- 政府開支 /政府开支 (zhèngfǔ kāizhī)government consumption and investment
Finnish valtion menot
- valtion menotgovernment consumption and investment
Russian госуда́рственные расхо́ды
- госуда́рственные расхо́ды (gosudárstvennyje rasxódy)government consumption and investment
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APA
government spending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20spending
MLA
“government spending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20spending. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “government spending,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/government%20spending.
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