Idiom
public purse
Meaning
A quantity of money collected by a government through taxation and other methods, and used for public purposes; public funds, public money.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The government uses the public purse to pay for new roads.”
“The city council debated how to use the public purse to improve local schools and parks.”
“Critics argued that the administration failed to manage the public purse responsibly, leading to significant deficits during the economic downturn.”
Examples
simple
“The government uses the public purse to pay for new roads.”
contextual
“The city council debated how to use the public purse to improve local schools and parks.”
complex
“Critics argued that the administration failed to manage the public purse responsibly, leading to significant deficits during the economic downturn.”
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