pump priming

1. 1.

   spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

   Synonymsdeficit spendingcompensatory spending

   Broaderspending
2. 2.

   introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing

   Broadercare

Questions about pump priming

What does pump priming mean?

pump priming means "spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pump priming?

Close synonyms include deficit spending, compensatory spending. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pump priming a common word?

pump priming is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.