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compensatory spending

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Noun1.compensatory spending - spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy
deficit spending, pump priming
outlay, spending, disbursal, disbursement - the act of spending or disbursing money
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The achievement gap between middleclass and economically disadvantaged students remains wide despite decades of reforms such as vouchers, busing and compensatory spending, according to a study by the Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School.
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Johnson wanted a memorandum defining what should be done by way of major economic development and compensatory spending for black Americans and a statement of where the money could come from.
Can taxpayers count on a "peace dividend"? by Melman, Seymour / USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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