public purse
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
public purse (plural public purses)
- Money collected or controlled by the government or taxpayers meant for public use.
- The public purse should be spent in the public interest.
- 2021 February 10, “Network News: Additional funds enable preparatory work for Ashington reopening”, in RAIL, number 924, page 8:
- This means that while initial funding will come from the public purse, landowners along the route will eventually pay back a share of the uplift in land values created by the new line.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
money controlled by the government
References[edit]
- “public purse”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.