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Definitions

deficit spending

NOUN

spending in excess of revenue or income

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budget deficit

WEAK

compensatory spending debt debt explosion deficit financing in the red megadebt negative cash flow no assets overspending paying out in excess of income pump priming

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deficit spending

But Athens and Rome have taken painful steps to cut deficit spending, while France's deficit remains above five percent of GDP, far above the eurozone average of 2.9 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

France’s 3.5 trillion-euro government bond market is the largest in Europe thanks to years of high deficit spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“These include massive deficit spending, not only in the U.S., and massive spending on defense in Europe and in Japan,” he said during an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Head teacher Dan Crossman says the school is in an in-year deficit, spending more money than it has got coming in.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025

Failure to reach agreement with multilateral lenders in late 1995 led to rising deficit spending and subsequently increasing inflation and a drop in the value of the Haitian currency in the final months of 1995.

From The 1996 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency