The previous government was happy to run a huge deficit for years.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
run a deficit/surplus — ► ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT if a government runs a deficit or surplus, it has less or more money in its accounts than it needs: »The previous government was happy to run a huge deficit for years. Main Entry: ↑run … Financial and business terms
run a surplus — run a deficit/surplus ► ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT if a government runs a deficit or surplus, it has less or more money in its accounts than it needs: »The previous government was happy to run a huge deficit for years. Main Entry: ↑run … Financial and business terms
Run — A run consists of a series of bid and offer quotes for different securities or maturities. Dealers give to and ask for runs from each other. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. run run 1 [rʌn] verb ran PASTTENSE [ræn] … Financial and business terms
run — A run consists of a series of bid and offer quotes for different securities or maturities ( maturity). dealers give and ask for runs from each other. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. run run 1 [rʌn] verb ran … Financial and business terms
deficit — 01. Unless the government raises taxes, the [deficit] is expected to rise by at least 3%. 02. Do we really want the government to make cuts in social programs to lower our [deficit]? 03. The current [deficit] in British Columbia is estimated at… … Grammatical examples in English
Deficit spending — Part of a series on Government Public finance … Wikipedia
deficit — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, huge, large, massive, serious, substantial ▪ ballooning, exploding, growing, soaring … Collocations dictionary
Deficit — An excess of liabilities over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * deficit def‧i‧cit [ˈdefst] written abbreviation def noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE an amount of money that a… … Financial and business terms
deficit — An excess of liabilities ( liability) over assets, of losses over profits, or of expenditure over income. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A situation in which a country has a negative balance of trade or payments. Chicago Mercantile Exchange… … Financial and business terms
run — [[t]rʌ̱n[/t]] ♦ runs, running, ran (The form run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb.) 1) VERB When you run, you move more quickly than when you walk, for example because you are in a hurry to get somewhere,… … English dictionary
