Meanings
nounpublic finance (uncountable)
- uncountableA field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities.
Moreover, the formulation of the model serves as a blueprint for the incorporation of modern notions of labor economics in public finance.
2000, John M. Quigley, Eugene Smolensky, editors, Modern Public Finance, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 2
Translations
Catalan hisenda pública
- hisenda públicafield of economics
French finances publiques
- finances publiquesfield of economics
German Finanzwissenschaft
- Finanzwissenschaftfield of economics
Hungarian államháztartástan
- államháztartástanfield of economics
Italian finanza pubblica
- finanza pubblicafield of economics
Polish finanse publiczne
- finanse publicznefield of economics
Portuguese finanças públicas
- finanças públicasfield of economics
Turkish maliye
- maliyefield of economics
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APA
public finance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20finance
MLA
“public finance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20finance. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public finance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20finance.
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