public purse

English

Noun

public purse (plural public purses)

1. Money collected or controlled by the government or taxpayers meant for public use.

   The public purse should be spent in the public interest.

Synonyms

• public funds

Translations

money controlled by the government

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公款 (zh) (gōngkuǎn), 國庫／国库 (zh) (guókù), 国库 (zh) (guókù)

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