public purse

Language: en

Meaning: (economics,government,idiomatic)Aquantityofmoneycollectedby agovernmentthroughtaxationand othermethods, andusedforpublicpurposes; publicfunds, public money.Thepublic purseshould be spent in the public interest.2021February 10, “Network News: Additional Funds Enable Preparatory Work for Ashington Reopening”, inRail, number924, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire:Bauer Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, page 8:This means that while initial funding will come from thepublic purse, landowners along the route will eventually pay back a share of the uplift in land values created by the new line.

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