pork barrel

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pork barrel

n. Slang

A government project or appropriation that yields jobs or other benefits to a specific locale and patronage opportunities to its political representative.

[From pork barrel, barrel for storing pork, supply of money.]

pork barrel

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Slang chiefly US a bill or project requiring considerable government spending in a locality to the benefit of the legislator's constituents who live there

[term originally applied to the Federal treasury considered as a source of lucrative grants]

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pork barrel - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

pork

appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

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